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Increase in egg donors raises concerns Human egg donation was a rarity not so long ago. But heightened demand for eggs -- and rising compensation for donors -- are prompting more young women to consider it. 2007-02-18 Global trade in human eggs thriving Chemotherapy beat back her ovarian cancer, but took Sophie Valot's fertility with it. Her doctor said she had just one option to start a family of her own: Find an egg donor, have children and get a hysterectomy -- in five years or less, or risk relapse. 2007-01-28 FDA probing embryo-production service Federal officials are investigating a San Antonio embryo broker, which bills itself as the first company to produce ready-made embryos for prospective parents and allow them to choose the egg and sperm donors' characteristics before buying. 2007-01-12 Mothers who used same sperm donor meet Michelle Jorgenson thought it was odd that her 8-year-old daughter Cheyenne -- conceived with sperm from a mystery man known to Jorgenson only as Donor 3066 -- was extremely sensitive to sound and walked on her toes. 2006-08-11 Rare Disease Traced to Sperm Donor A sperm donor passed an extremely rare and dangerous genetic ailment to five children born to four couples, doctors reported Friday in a case that exposes a gap in the screening process. 2006-05-20 Headlines Increase in egg donors raises concerns 2007-02-18 Global trade in human eggs thriving 2007-01-28 FDA probing embryo-production service 2007-01-12 Mothers who used same sperm donor meet 2006-08-11 Rare Disease Traced to Sperm Donor 2006-05-20 Singapore Sperm Banks Drying Up 2004-03-15 China Sperm Bank Faces Lack of Donors 2003-06-12 Most-viewed Global trade in human eggs thriving 2007-01-28

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