The findings of UK's Chief Medical Officer's report on the science and ethics of research into the use of human embryo stem cells to treat disease will be announced this Wednesday, according to newspaper reports last week. It will recommend that the cloning of early human embryo cells should be...
A new US company, DNA Sciences, has launched a web-based appeal to recruit up to 100,000 volunteers to provide DNA samples for research into a range of illnesses, including Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and breast cancer. Participants will not be paid, although the firm does pledge that any new diagnostic tests...
Scientists at Stanford University in the US have discovered the key ingredient that triggers development in the newly fertilised egg. Their findings, published in the journal Nature last week, could lead to new treatments for male infertility. The researchers studied egg and sperm from sea urchins, and found that upon...
A team of US researchers claims it has uncovered new evidence for several genes involved in the development of human intelligence. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers say they have identified unique genetic differences in DNA from 200 of the cleverest children in America. The results are due to...
Payment to egg donors in the US should be limited to $5000, according to a new report by the ethics committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). The committee also recommends that potential donors should be offered more counselling on the physical and psychological effects of donation, and...
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Donating eggs the American way
by Juliet Tizzard
New guidelines from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), reported on in this week's BioNews, recommend that American egg donors should be paid no more than $5000 for their donation. British commentators will no doubt feel uncomfortable about this level of payment. In the UK, egg donors are only...