AMA Code of Medical Ethics 1997 edition by the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs

Page 17 section 2.08

Commercial Use of Human Tissue

(3) Human tissue and its products may not be used for commercial purposes without he informed consent of the patient who provided the original cellular material.

(Based on the report Who Should Profit from the Economic Value of Human Tissue? An Ethical Analsysis. issued June 1990.)

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