October 6, 2000
Scholarly Watchdogs for an Ethical Netherworld
Researchers form group to track and study the sale of body parts for organ transplants
Among the more mind-boggling developments in modern life, surely, is the possibility of selling one's kidney -- let alone having it stolen from one's body during an operation.
Advances in transplant surgery have fostered not only the legal trade of organs and tissues, but also an illegal international trade, in which brokers and transplant clinics cheaply obtain the kidneys -- and heart
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