1.   But suppose, instead, that scientists could take one of your cells -- any cell -- and merge it with a human egg.

2.   In the near future however scientists will be able to graft new genes into human eggs and embryos.

3.   Although sperm has been frozen for years, and frozen embryos are now used routinely in infertility treatments, freezing delicate human eggs has bedeviled scientists.

4.   And there is nothing inherently wrong with bidding for human eggs, said Dr. Norman Fost, an ethicist at the University of Wisconsin.

5.   Applying the law of supply and demand to human eggs worries some people.

6.   - You picture that hold-your-breath moment when lab coats in Massachusetts joined a single cell with a human egg.

7.   A handful of fertility centers are conducting experiments with human eggs that lay the groundwork for cloning.

8.   According to the San Jose Mercury News, this is a new high asking price for human eggs.

9.   Advanced Cell Technology was the first U.S. biotechnology firm to turn a human egg into an embryo using adult DNA instead of fertilization.

10.   But as soon as he received the report, Clinton overruled one of its recommendations, that human eggs could be deliberately fertilized for use in research.