Increase in egg donors raises concerns
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Human egg donation was a rarity not so long ago. But heightened demand for eggs &#151; and rising compensation for donors &#151; are prompting more young women to consider it.
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Couples who have undergone fertility treatment would rather donate their unused embryos to stem-cell medical research than have them destroyed or passed on to other infertile couples, a new survey finds.
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LONDON -- The British government has approved a plan to allow women to donate eggs for stem cell and cloning research and to be compensated for it -- an action that scientists hope will improve the supply of eggs.
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The national transplant waiting list has grown to more than 87,000 because organ donations from the dead have not kept up with demand. For help, frustrated patients increasingly are turning to the living &#151; even to strangers. That worries bioethicists, surgeons and federal officials who oversee the transplant system, which is designed to treat all patients fairly.
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At issue is whether scientists using DNA from aboriginal populations are underselling the risks to donors.
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There are more people giving &#36;1 million or more to partisan political groups now than before Congress passed a law aimed at taking seven-figure contributions out of elections, new figures show.
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Fear of rejection and concerns about the reaction of the child prevent many parents from telling their children they have been conceived with donated sperm, scientists said on Wednesday.
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New international guidelines on  human embryonic stem cell research called for close scrutiny of  scientists and clear consent from people donating cells, but  did not settle the issue of paying women who donate eggs.
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Parents who conceive using donated sperm often opt not to tell the child. But a small study suggests that choosing to be open about it may be good for the parent-child relationship.
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Experts on nonprofits are starting to question the practice of building donations into the purchase of retail products.
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BRUSSELS, Jul 16 (IPS) - An excessive number of aid donors is hampering  efforts to make development assistance more effective, a new  study has found.
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Italian researchers have achieved 13 human births using previously frozen eggs. It's encouraging for women who want to preserve their fertility, but efficiency is still low. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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In recent years a few noisy disputes over how donated money is spent have had a powerful effect on the fund-raising game.
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The Australian government has issued a rallying cry for its citizens to have more babies, saying the country's economy depends on a higher fertility rate.
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Two sets of sextuplets were born in different states less than a day apart, a rare occurrence but one that fertility experts say could become increasingly common as more couples seek artificial methods of conceiving babies.
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Recent research shows some unexpected links between income and giving.
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IVF babies may be up to nine times more likely to develop a rare disorder that can cause cancer, a study suggests.