Rising demand has created a thriving market for human body parts—and not all of it above ground. Emily Waltz explores the unsavory world of tissue trade.
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Waltz, E. News Feature: The body snatchers. Nat Med 12, 487–488 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0506-487
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