There's also a supplemental interview (free) on the topic with Emily Galpern, project director on reproductive health and human rights for the Center for Genetics and Society in Oakland, California and Debora Spar, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, Boston. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/13/1289/DC1
The key question here is whether it's ethical to pay women for eggs that will be used for reproductive purposes but not pay them for eggs used in stem cell research - creating two different economic markets in the process, each with very different incentives and outcomes. See what you think!
There's also a supplemental interview (free) on the topic with Emily Galpern, project director on reproductive health and human rights for the Center for Genetics and Society in Oakland, California and Debora Spar, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, Boston. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/356/13/1289/DC1
The key question here is whether it's ethical to pay women for eggs that will be used for reproductive purposes but not pay them for eggs used in stem cell research - creating two different economic markets in the process, each with very different incentives and outcomes. See what you think!
-Andie