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John Bellocchio would gladly give you his kidney, but only at the right price.
The North Jersey native is dedicated enough to that position to take the U.S. government to court. He sued the Justice Department in federal court earlier this month demanding the right to sell his own organs.
The practice has been banned in the country for decades. But Bellocchio s suit challenges a 37-year-old federal statute for “infringing on his freedom to contract and for interfering with his say in what he does with his personal property.”
For Bellocchio, 37, that means his kidneys, lungs, liver and pancreas, any of which can currently be donated, at least in part. All should be fair game aside from your brain or heart even if a price tag is attached, the Oakland resident said in an interview last week.
John Bellocchio would gladly give you his kidney, but only at the right price.
The North Jersey native is dedicated enough to that position to take the U.S. government to court. He sued the Justice Department in federal court earlier this month demanding the right to sell his own organs.
The practice has been banned in the country for decades. But Bellocchio s suit challenges a 37-year-old federal statute for “infringing on his freedom to contract and for interfering with his say in what he does with his personal property.”
For Bellocchio, 37, that means his kidneys, lungs, liver and pancreas, any of which can currently be donated, at least in part. All should be fair game aside from your brain or heart even if a price tag is attached, the Oakland resident said in an interview last week.
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Part human, part monkey: Scientists engineer hybrid embryo in effort to grow organs
By Chris Williams
A team of international scientists have created a part-human part-monkey embryo in China.
You may be wondering why scientists would create a part-human part-monkey embryo and you’re not alone.
An international team of scientists said they created hybrid embryos, or chimeras, to see if they could grow organs for people who need transplants. They published their findings in the medical journal, Cell.
The group assembled in China and injected 25 induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS, from humans into embryos from macaque monkeys. According to the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center, iPS are skin and blood cells that have been taken and reprogrammed to develop into any type of human cell needed for medical purposes. The cells can then be used to treat a variety of health issues including diabetes, leukemia or neurological disorders.