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Startling China organ claims raise alarm about transplant research

Researchers hope the conclusions of a people’s tribunal will pressure journals to reject papers that might include data from unethical transplants.
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A startling report concluding that prisoners in China are being killed for their organs has renewed concerns about the origins of some organs used in research.

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Nature 570, 425-426 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01890-4

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