Abstract
The human body and its parts are widely perceived as matters beyond commercial usage. This belief is codified in several national and European documents. This so-called ‘no-property rule’ is held...
Highlights
In March 2010, the public Northern-German Broadcasting Network (Norddeutscher Rundfunk, NDR) featured a report on trade of tissue samples from cancer patients who were treated at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
The chief pathologist of the UKE worked as a consultant for Tristar
On request from journalists, the UKE declared the transmission of tissue samples without the informed consent and knowledge of patients as legal according to the hospital law of the Federal Estate of Hamburg, provided that the samples are anonymised
Summary
In March 2010, the public Northern-German Broadcasting Network (Norddeutscher Rundfunk, NDR) featured a report on trade of tissue samples from cancer patients who were treated at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). We understand commercialisation in this text to be the introduction of professional and systematic trading of human tissue in the medical area (for therapeutic or non-therapeutic purposes)dthat is, the transfer of property concerning body material in exchange for a financial reward.
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