I think you are blissfully unaware of the current scope of clinical trial fraud in the US right now.

That is not a joke. There is so much cash changing hands that “medical” practices are getting into patient care just to be able to enroll them in lucrative trials – and when the studies are double or quadruple blinded, there may not even be any real patients at all.

And if you do happen to be aware of just how widespread clinical trial fraud is, don’t forget about where the first study cadavers came from, purchased by very respectable schools of higher education. So many that throughout the 19th century graves had all manner of anti-theft devices, watchmen, and story material for Edgar Allan Poe.

Maybe someone did sell these organs to a private collector; even Harvard got caught selling parts of parts last year. But it’s just as likely to be a seemingly “legit” organization as not, one with targets to meet and not able to recruit volunteers (or volunteers with the correct anomalies) in enough numbers to meet their needs.

EDITED TO ADD: I only linked one part, but this is an eight-parts series by Reuters, and an excellent read for anyone who really wants to understand how widespread this is (may I suggest not reading it anywhere near bedtime):

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/section/usa-bodies/

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