2011

Dear Doctors, The recent agreement between the WMA and the CMA to end organ sourcing from prisoners in China except for prisoners donating organs to their immediate family members is welcome. We are pleased to […]

In November 2011, several articles and presentations discussing the unethical organ harvesting in China have been published. A letter to JAMA by Dr. Torsten Trey, Dr. Abraham Halpern and Dr. Maria Fiatarone Singh has been published on November

On September 5, 2011, another forum in the series “Transplant Medicine at a Crossroads” has been held in Glasgow. The panelists were David Matas, Ethan Gutmann and Dr. Huige Li.  One aspect of the panel discussion highlighted the link of Glasgow to its twin city Dalian.

The Hindu NEW DELHI, August 13, 2011 – The Lok Sabha on Friday approved an amended Bill, which provides for a stringent punishment of up to 10 years in jail and a fine of up

The American Journal of Transplantation has published an article under the title “The Emerging Role of Brazil in Clinical Trial Conduct for Transplantation” by H. Tedesco Silva Jr. et al. (Volume 11, Issue 7, pages

Chinese teen sells kidney to buy iPad 2 By Indo Asian News Service: Beijing, June 3, 2011 (IANS/RIA Novosti) -A teenager in China’s Anhui province has sold his right kidney to buy an iPad 2.

Anti‑rejection Drug Trials and Sales in China By David Matas American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, April 30, 2011   The Government of China acknowledges that organs for transplants done in China come overwhelmingly from Chinese prisoners.  The

China’s forced organ harvesting methods clash with ethical standards in Western medicine. PHILADELPHIA — “If we do nothing, we share the guilt,” said Dr. Gabriel Danovitch, professor and medical director of Kidney Transplant program at

DAFOH has hosted a panel discussion with the title “Transplant Medicine at a Crossroads” on May 1, 2011, in  parallel to the American Transplant Congress in Philadelphia. The panel included speakers Dr. Arthur Caplan, Dr. Gabriel Danovitch, Dr. Eric Goldberg, David Matas. The