Scientists at University of California School of Medicine Report Research in Transplantation

2011 APR 14 -- Research findings, 'The use of executed prisoners as a source of organ transplants in China must stop,' are discussed in a new report. "Internationally accepted ethical standards are unequivocal in their prohibition of the use of organs recovered from executed prisoners: yet this practice continues in China despite indications that Ministry of Health officials intend to end this abhorrent practice. Recently published articles on this topic emphasize the medical complications that result from liver transplantation from executed 'donors' but scant attention is given to the source of the organs, raising concern that the transplant community may be becoming inured...

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