10 ways to make money by selling your body to science

Volunteers have been recruited to stay in bed for two months.

A study into how artificial gravity might affect the body was conducted in Germany. The participants were paid less than they should have been. All experiments, meals, and leisure activities were done horizontal while the 24 people lay down.

There are many ways you can help out with scientific research. If you want to help the science community and potentially save some lives, you can take some unconventional steps.

These strategies aren't all easy money and are listed below.

NASA

There was aPayout of $18,500.

You will get paid to stay in bed.

You have to stay there for 60 days. NASA uses bed-rest studies to see how the weightlessness of space flight affects an astronauts body.

NASA awarded a nearly $50 million contract to continue to conduct bed rest studies in November of 2021. There's more information here.

Getting paid to lay down for a few months may seem easy, but the selection committee is looking for participants that possess the physical and psychological qualities of a real astronauts. Even when you're washing, eating, and using the toilet, you'll have to keep your head tilted down at all times.

According to Roni Cromwell, a senior scientist who's done bed rest studies for NASA before, we want to make sure we pick people who are mentally ready to spend two months in bed. Some people aren't comfortable with that. Some people can't tolerate a long time in bed.

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Around $50 is thePayout per donation.

Human blood contains a large amount of the blood component, plasmogen. It's a liquid with a lot of water but also has a lot of different things in it. The sticky yellow stuff can be used to create therapies for people with blood disorders. Donating blood is called the gift of life since treatments for some conditions can't be made synthetically.

Blood is drawn and a machine is used to separate it from other components. The average pay for a donation is $50. A typical donation takes less than two hours and can be done once a month.

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Usually, thePayout is $8,000 to $14,000.

People who don't have healthy eggs can use someone else's donated eggs to get pregnant. In the United States, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine used to suggest that it was not appropriate for someone to be paid more than $10,000 for their eggs.

There is a free medical screening at the NYU Langone Fertility Center in New York City. The standard steps for egg donation take about four weeks to complete.

Patients are injected with fertility drugs to increase the number of eggs they make. Women can be eligible if they are 21 and 35 years old. It takes about 20 minutes to retrieve an egg.

Before signing up to donate eggs, you should be aware of the risks. There are health problems like long-term abnormal tissue growth outside the uterus that can be caused by Complications. It will take decades to determine whether or not donating eggs causes cancer.

Women who donate eggs should be aware that the children they help create may one day want to reach out to them.

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Usually, thePayout is $8,000 to $14,000.

People who don't have healthy eggs can use someone else's donated eggs to get pregnant. In the United States, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine used to suggest that it was not appropriate for someone to be paid more than $10,000 for their eggs.

There is a free medical screening at the NYU Langone Fertility Center in New York City. The standard steps for egg donation take about four weeks to complete.

Patients are injected with fertility drugs to increase the number of eggs they make. Women can be eligible if they are 21 and 35 years old. It takes about 20 minutes to retrieve an egg.

Before signing up to donate eggs, you should be aware of the risks. There are health problems like long-term abnormal tissue growth outside the uterus that can be caused by Complications. It will take decades to determine whether or not donating eggs causes cancer.

Women who donate eggs should be aware that the children they help create may someday want to reach out to them.

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Payout is typically $35-125.

Egg donation is riskier than donating sperm. According to SpermBankDirectory.com, you can be paid anywhere from $35 to $125 per donation.

A donation commitment of six months or a year is required for many programs. ManhattanCryobank pays donors a monthly amount of money for their sperm.

Sperm banks don't like donors. They are looking for men who are healthy, young, and educated.

Sperm donors should be aware that sperm donation is not always completely hidden. With the rise of more genetic testing services, your children could one day reach out to you.

NIH

The payouts are by program.

The National Institute for Health has a database for human clinical studies. A study that records the effects of different lifestyles on heart health is one of the ways that participants may be involved in.

The bigger the risk, the bigger the reward for subjects in clinical trials.

Not all of the studies on the site are regulated or evaluated for safety by the US Food and Drug Administration.