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Strapped men are lining up to donate sperm at Xytex's two Georgia sperm bank centers. Spokesman Christopher Karow believes financial pressure is driving the 9% increase in volunteers since September. Men make $195 to $300 donating three times a week, the limit. "Students are doing it to offset the cost of their education, books and housing, where before they did it for recreation money," Karow says.

Women, too, are asking their reproductive organs for some return on investment. The World Egg Bank in Phoenix fields about 450 inquiries a week, up from 250 last fall. "I believe that egg donors are not any different from the general population looking for quick and creative ways of coping with the quick turn in our economy," says Diana Thomas, the company president.

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