BEIJING, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Foreigners visiting China on tourist visas will not be able to receive organ transplants while in the Asian country, the Ministry of Health says.
BEIJING, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Chinese authorities, cracking down on illegal organ transplants for foreigners, have cited three hospitals for doing the operations.
LOS ANGELES, May 31 (UPI) -- The UCLA Medical Center was defending itself Saturday against charges it accepted big cash donations from alleged gangsters who received liver transplants.
LOS ANGELES, May 30 (UPI) -- A Japanese gang boss and three other Japanese criminals legally barred from the United States received liver transplants at UCLA Medical Center, police said.
BEIJING, April 7 (UPI) -- China's debut regulation on human organ transplants prohibits medical officials from trading in such organs.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Liver-kidney transplants appear to benefit patients with diseases in both organs, say researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles.
BEIJING, March 28 (UPI) -- China has drafted rules on human organ transplants and the sale of body parts, but a leading surgeon said several ethical issues remain unresolved.
SHANGHAI, March 21 (UPI) -- China's illegal human organ transplant industry is flourishing and -- in some cases -- uses organs from executed prisoners, a report said.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The number of Japanese tourists traveling to China has dropped by 50 percent following anti-Japan demonstrations last April, a Japanese trade official says. Masaki Yabuuchi, head of the Japan External Trade Organization in Shanghai, said Tuesday that Japa
BEIJING, June 28 (UPI) -- Argentine President Nestor Kirchner said Monday in Beijing his country will simplify visa procedures to expedite increased tourism with China.