Let's pay for eggs

摘要

In a break from the US ethical consensus, the state of New York has decided that women can be paid to donate their eggs for research. The move should boost research into therapeutic cloning, which aims to create stem cells matched to individual patients.rnWomen who donate eggs must have hormone injections to persuade their ovaries to release a batch of eggs in one go. This is uncomfortable, can lead to complications, and the long-term risks remain uncertain.