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Recycling human placental tissue
Name(s):
Using umbilical cords
Incidence
A company in the USA banks blood from the umbilical cords of newborns for therapeutic uses.
Broader
Unauthorized organ transplantations
Reduces
Inadequate disposal of hospital waste
Limited availability of therapeutic substances of human origin
Related
Inadequate emergency blood supplies
Strategy(ies)
Appropriating human remains
Treating cardiovascular diseases
Value(s)
Rights
Inhumanity
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems