A roundup of the most newsworthy healthcare press releases from PR Newswire this week, including the first use of Johnson & Johnson’s robotic surgical system and a staggering global statistic on pediatric antimicrobial resistance. Continue reading
Ali Iqbal, McMaster University and Aliya Khan, McMaster University
Organ transplantation is a life-saving therapy for millions of patients and one of the greatest successes of modern medicine. However, a limited supply of donor organs, paired with a massive demand for transplants, has fuelled the global organ trafficking industry which exploits poor, underprivileged and persecuted members of society as a source of organs to be purchased by wealthy transplant tourists.