More warnings that there are not enough eggs to meet the demands of cloning research and that the solution to this shortage in the US is to be able to pay women for their eggs.
"In an article published in Nature last week, Kevin Eggan and Douglas Melton from Harvard University's Stem Cell Institute claim the lack of available eggs is hindering the progress of stem cell research in the US. They explain how researchers are facing difficulties in obtaining human eggs for use in 'therapeutic cloning' because in the states that prohibit researchers to pay egg donors woman are choosing to donate their eggs to fertility clinics instead. Fertility clinics are permitted to pay donors, who can receive up to $10,000 per donation, but some states do not allow payments to be made in cases where eggs are donated for research purposes. In these situations, stem cell researchers must instead rely on 'spare' eggs left over after IVF or on donors to give eggs altruistically."
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