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posted by martyb on Thursday February 07 2019, @10:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the organ-'donors' dept.

https://www.foxnews.com/science/barbaric-human-organs-harvested-from-chinese-prisoners-prompts-outrage-call-for-retraction-of-400-scientific-papers:

A group of researchers is calling for the retraction of more than 400 scientific papers after a first-of-its-kind study that claims countless human organs were unethically harvested from prisoners in China.

The study, which was published in the journal BMJ Open and led by Australian researchers, highlights a facet of scientific ethics that does not receive a lot of attention. Namely, that many English-language academic journals do not follow international ethics rules over donor consent for organ transplants.

“There’s no real pressure from research leaders on China to be more transparent,” Wendy Rogers, a professor of clinical ethics at Macquarie University and the study’s author, told the Guardian. “Everyone seems to say, ‘It’s not our job.’ The world’s silence on this barbaric issue must stop.”

[...] The study looked at research papers published from January 2000 until April 2017. Researchers identified 445 studies involving 85,477 transplants. A staggering 92.5 percent failed to report whether or not organs were sourced from executed prisoners, while 99 percent failed to report that organ sources gave consent for transplantation.


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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday February 08 2019, @04:12PM (1 child)

    by Freeman (732) on Friday February 08 2019, @04:12PM (#798364) Journal

    I get that Josef Mengele and his ilk were extremely horrible people and committed horrendous acts on innocent victims. That doesn't necessitate that the science and results were incorrect/invalid. You definitely don't want to be promoting his methods, though.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by DeVilla on Saturday February 09 2019, @04:04AM

    by DeVilla (5354) on Saturday February 09 2019, @04:04AM (#798694)

    The point is to make discourage further horrendous acts. This is being done by trying to remove any potential benefit that might come from it. It is making an ethical choice to reject the acts in totality. Of course, China does not see any ethical problem with what they are doing so it will continue. Now, do you cooperate with "Dr. Mengele" or do you shun him?