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China Agrees Not to Take Inmates' Organs
Oct 5 2007, AP

Chinese medical officials agreed Friday not to transplant organs from prisoners or others in custody, except into members of their immediate families.The agreement was reached at a meeting of the World Medical Association in Copenhagen.China has...

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Rob and Mary Ann Apmann play with their 21-month-old son Zachary at The Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colo., Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Zachary is one of three babies who got heart transplants using a non-traditional approach.

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