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Article: Lawyers, regulators aim to curb abuses in human-tissue industry.
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- Trial
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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In 2004, the Cincinnati Bengals' star quarterback, Carson Palmer, was saved from a career-threatening injury when surgeons repaired his knee using donated human tissue. The tissue came from Julie DeRossi, a young Texas woman who was killed when a drunk driver ran into her car, and whose family honored her oft-stated request to donate her body parts. Since learning of her identity, the 26-year-old football player has formed a special bond with DeRossi's family, who in turn became some of his biggest fans.
Palmer and DeRossi's family were lucky: They knew where the transplanted tissue had come from and where it had gone, and the knowledge was inspiring and ...