The very idea of living individuals selling body parts prompts revulsion in some people, while others may ask whether the price is right.
A recent NBCnews.com article reported on an organ transplant study conducted by Canadian researchers. It began with this finding:
Paying living kidney donors $10,000 to give up their organs would save money over the current system based solely on altruism -- even if it only boosts donations by a conservative 5 percent.
Actually, the people selling their kidneys are not properly considered donors; they are "vendors." Kidney selling is illegal in every country in the world, except Iran.
The shortage of available kidneys for transplantation leaves many people on burdensome dialysis for years, while others die awaiting a functioning kidney. Still, a thriving business takes place underground and in black markets worldwide.
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