Stolen gene allows insect virus to enter cells
A gene enabling an insect virus to enter new cells was likely stolen from a host cell and adapted for the virus's use, researchers at Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) at Cornell University report. Virologists have long thought of baculoviruses, a group of viruses that can liquefy their insect hosts in a matter of days but don't induce so much as a sneeze in mammals, as potential pesticides....HIV Infected Body Parts Stolen: Biomedical Tissue Services To Face Legal Action
A New Jersey-based organization, Biomedical Tissue Services has been accused of stealing HIV infected body parts from a funeral home in Brooklyn and distributing it to various hospitals without testing// it. A woman is said to have contracted HIV following transplantation of bone tissue, according to lawyers who have filed a legal case against the company. The victim is believed to ha...Medical Treatment from Stolen Body Parts – TGA Warn
TGA (The US Therapeutic Goods Administration) suspects 46 Australians to be implanted with medical products prepared from stolen human body parts and so wants to warn them through their doctors. // Medicinal products to cure back pain, incontinence and other medical conditions were prepared from the aged bones, ligaments and skin, which were changed from its unsuitable form to medically...Eye Stolen from Body Kept in Bhilai Hospital Mortuary
Unidentified people stole an eye from a dead body kept at Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) hospital mortuary in Chhattisgarh, police said Saturday.// The incident that took place Friday stunned the industrial city Bhilai, 30 km west from here. The deceased, 32-year-old C.H. Srinivas, was admitted to the hospital last week after he met with a road accident. "Someone has exhumed one...Stolen Body Parts From Human Cadavers used as Implants by 25 UK Hospitals
The vigilance at government hospitals have unearthed the use of tainted human body parts, lifted off human cadavers in America//, and used by nearly 25 UK hospitals as implants for patients. This information came to light, notwithstanding a probable breach of patient information, as matters of public interest take precedence over issues of secrecy, in keeping with the ethics of the medical field....