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Articles of Interest

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01433.html (08/18/06)

FDA Orders Donor Referral Services and Philip Guyett to Cease Manufacturing Human Cells, Tissues and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (HCT/Ps) and to Retain HCT/Ps

http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=102099 (4/10/06)

“OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ At least 15 Oklahoma medical facilities performed surgeries with potentially tainted bone tissue taken from cadavers on the East Coast, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/local/13905975.htm?source=rss&channel=philly_local (2/19/06)

“Suit says bone marrow caused her hepatitis C: A Northeast Philadelphia woman says tissue she got from a biomedical firm gave her the disease…”

http://senate.gov/~schumer/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/press_releases/2006/PR18.Transplant.012306.html (1/23/06)
“Last week, amid reports of the growing scope of an under regulated tissue transplant industry, Senator Schumer wrote to the Food and Drug Administration calling for stronger regulatory oversight for tissue transplants and an accounting of how exactly contaminated tissue was transplanted into otherwise healthy patients…”

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/22/MNG3RGPC9E1.DTL&type=health (1/22/06)

“Safety, ethics questioned in tissue transplant industry…”

http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060120/NEWS02/601200348/1123/NEWS01 (1/20/06)
“KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) --Three patients of Knoxville area hospitals have filed a lawsuit against a New Jersey tissue bank, a tissue processor and a distributor they say gave them tissue stolen from corpses…”

http://www.newszap.com/articles/2005/11/29/dm/central_delaware/dsn01.txt (11/29/05)
“DOVER — It’s like something out of a scary movie — body parts illegally snatched from corpses and sold for transplantation without undergoing proper screening procedures...”

http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-11-5/34186.html (11/5/05)
“Health Canada is tracking down the recipients of human tissue products provided by a U.S. biomedical company following allegations the company altered organ donor cards and other legal documents to obtain tissues from corpses at New York area funeral homes…”

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2005/NEW01249.html (10/26/05)
“The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is notifying the public of its investigation of human tissue recovered by Biomedical Tissue Services, Ltd. (BTS) of Ft. Lee, NJ, and sent to tissue processors…”

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/353378p-301207c.html (10/6/05)
“Body snatchers of New York: How ghouls have been stealing parts from corpses in city funeral homes…”

http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/04/news/midcaps/allograft/index.htm (10/5/05)
“Tissue from corpses in strong demand - Market for allografts keeps growing, outpacing supply…”

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_05/21cfr1271_05.html

“Chapter I - Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services - Part 127: Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-based Products..."

Additional Resources for the Tissue Industry

American Association of Blood Banks (AABB)

American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB)

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (Joint Commission)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)