How did these trillions of potent proteins, originating in thousands of human bodies, find their way to my son’s blood circulation? What historical, social, and economic conditions enabled this extraordinary exchange of substances?
~ Ben Belek, from Is Donated Blood a Gift or a Commodity?
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There are a slew of interesting questions explored in that piece. The question of “gift or commodity” hadn’t even occurred to me.
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