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To make money: 9 ways to sell the body to science

2023-03-13T18:06:45.479Z


If you want to help the scientific community and earn good money, you can charge between US$35 for donating sperm and up to US$45,000 as a surrogate mother.


If you want to help the scientific community (and potentially save a few lives), there are some offbeat but potentially lucrative steps you can take.

Below is a short list, though be warned: these strategies

are not all easy money.

Lie in bed for 60 days straight

Payment: US$18,500.

Lie in bed for 60 days straight.

Payment: US$18,500.

NASA has recruited volunteers to spend two months in bed.

The research, which took place in Germany, was part of a study into how artificial gravity might affect the body.

The 24 selected people

spent 60 days lying down

, with all experiments, meals, and leisure activities performed in a horizontal position, reports

Science Alert

.


Bed rest studies help NASA researchers see some of the changes an astronaut's body experiences due to the weightlessness of spaceflight.

NASA announced a nearly $50 million contract to continue conducting bed rest studies.

Getting paid to lie down for a few months may seem like easy money, but keep in mind that the selection committee is looking for participants who possess the

physical and psychological characteristics of a real astronaut.

You'll need to keep your head tilted down

six degrees at all times

while lying down, including when you're washing, eating and using the bathroom,

Science Alert says.

As Roni Cromwell, a senior scientist who conducted bed rest studies for NASA, told Forbes: "We want to make sure we select people who are mentally prepared to spend two months in bed. Not everyone is comfortable with that. Not everyone types of person can tolerate prolonged time in bed.

For future selections see here https://www.nasa.gov/hrp.

I sold your blood plasma

Payment (by donation): around US$ 50.

I sold your blood plasma.

Payment (by donation): around US$ 50.

Plasma is the largest component of human blood.

It's a protein-rich liquid that contains mostly water, but is also full of enzymes, antibodies, and salts, says

Science Alert.

This sticky yellowish material can be used to create therapies that treat people with blood clotting disorders, autoimmune diseases, and even burn victims.

Plasma donation is often referred to as "the gift of life," according to

DonatingPlasma.org

, since treatments for some conditions cannot be made synthetically and require this human contribution.

During plasma donation,

blood is drawn

and an automated machine separates the plasma from other blood components, which are returned to the donor, reports

Science Alert.

Plasma donation payment varies from site to site, but the average payment is usually around $50 per donation .

You can safely donate about

once a month

, according to the American Red Cross, with a typical session lasting

less than two hours

.

To find a licensed and certified plasma center, see here https://www.donatingplasma.org/donation/find-a-donor-center.

donate your eggs

Payment (per donation): typically US$8,000 to US$14,000.

Donate your eggs.

Payment (by donation): normally from US$ 8,000 to 14,000 (iStock).

Egg donation allows people whose ovaries do not produce healthy eggs

to become pregnant

using eggs donated by another person,

Science Alert reports.

In the United States, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine used to suggest that it was "not appropriate" for someone to be paid more than $10,000 for their eggs, but in 2016, the ASRM removed that guidance as part of a federal antitrust law. 

At the Langone Fertility Center in New York City, compensation per egg donation cycle today is exactly $10,000

and includes a free medical exam.

Weill Cornell Medicine https://eggdonor.weillcornell.org/whats-involved outlines the standard steps for egg donation, which requires a time commitment of approximately

four weeks.

During the donation cycle, patients

are injected with fertility drugs

so that their ovaries produce more eggs.

(Eligible women are generally

between the ages of 21 and 35.

)

The egg retrieval procedure takes about

20 minutes,

but can require several days of recovery, says

Science Alert.

You should be aware of the risks involved in the egg donation process before signing up.

Complications can include health problems such as long-term abnormal growth of tissue outside the uterus (endometriosis),

moodiness,

infection, kidney damage, and

in rare cases, death.

Egg donation could even cause cancer, though scientists say it will take decades to determine for sure if there is a link.

And of course, since children born from donated eggs will share common DNA with their donor, women who donate should also be aware that the children they help create may one day want to communicate and make contact

.

donate your sperm

Payment (per donation): Typically $35-$125.

Donate your sperm.

Payment (per donation): Typically $35-$125.

Sperm donation, of course, is much easier and less risky than egg donation.

You can be paid between $35 and $125 per donation, according to

SpermBankDirectory.com

https://www.spermbankdirectory.com/sperm-banking-faq/ and

The Sperm Bank of California http://donors.thespermbankofca.org/.

Many programs require a six-month or one-year

gift commitment

.

In general, sperm banks are demanding with donors.

They are looking for

healthy, relatively tall

, young

(under 40)

and educated men,

Science Alert reports.

Sperm donors should keep in mind that even if they choose to donate anonymously, sperm donation

is never truly 100 percent incognito

.

Your DNA always knows who you are, and with the rise of more DNA testing services, your offspring

could one day reach you.

Being a surrogate mother

Payment: US$ 24,000 to 45,000.

Being a surrogate mother

Payment: US$ 24,000 to 45,000.

Women who carry a baby for another couple can earn a lot of money for the nine-month incubation, known as

"gestational surrogacy."

But enlisting and paying for a surrogate

is not legal everywhere

.

State laws on surrogacy in the US are complicated and contradictory, notes

Science Alert.

Surrogacy contracts are prohibited in New York and Michigan, and you can spend time

in jail

or pay heavy fines for complying with one.

However, some states are pushing to change those rules.

Washington state made it legal to directly pay someone to have a baby in 2018, while California has allowed surrogacy since 2013.

Sign up for a paid clinical trial

Payment: Varies according to the program.

Sign up for a paid clinical trial.

Payment: Varies according to the program.

The National Institutes of Health maintains a searchable database,

ClincalTrials.gov

, for worldwide human clinical studies https://clinicaltrials.gov/.

Participants may be

guinea pigs

for new medical products, such as drugs to treat high blood pressure, or take part in observational research, such as a study tracking the effects of different

lifestyles

on heart health,

Science Alert says.

Subjects are typically paid to participate in clinical trials, and most of the time,

the greater the risk, the greater the reward.

If you decide to sign up for a study, choose wisely and carefully because not all studies on the site are regulated. 

Enroll in a psychological study

Payment: Varies according to the program.

Enroll in a psychological study.

Payment: Varies according to the program.

Paid psychological studies, such as those examining human behavior and brain function, may not generate as high a return as clinical trials, but they are generally lower risk

and

require a shorter time commitment,

Science Alert reports.

Most research universities maintain an online database of studies so that people

can easily register.

For example, here is a list of the most recent paid research studies offered by New York University https://as.nyu.edu/psychology/research/participate-in-research/paid-studies.html.

You can earn $10

to identify a few colors or

$130 to receive "gentle wrist taps"

and plunge your arm into a bath of ice water,

Science Alert reports.

donate your bone marrow

Donation Payment: A reimbursement for travel and other expenses.

Donate your bone marrow.

Donation Payment: A reimbursement for travel and other expenses.

Similar to selling your blood plasma, you can also sell your bone marrow.

For people who need a bone marrow transplant, the wait can sometimes be long and exhausting.

The bone marrow is one of the

most difficult organs to find

a match for when looking for a transplant.

The probability of finding a match is 29 to 79 percent "depending on the ethnicity of the patient," says

Science Alert.

Give your corpse to science

Payment: a free cremation.

Deliver your corpse to science.

Payment: one free cremation (Thinkstock).

This last idea is a bit morbid, but if you're worried about being a nuisance when you're dead, you can donate your body to science.

This helps with a variety of types of

research and education.

Places like BioGift https://biogift.org/ and Science Care https://www.sciencecare.com/resources/faq-whole-body-donation-science-care cover cremation costs.

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