Neowin News Feed for: Kidney

Charges filed after Chinese teen sells kidney for iPad 2

John Callaham — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:17:08 +0000

Five people in China have been charged following an incident first reported in April 2011, in which a Chinese teenager sold his kidney so he could then purchase an iPad 2. Read more...

Chinese teen regrets selling kidney for iPad 2

Denis Wong — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:07:24 +0000

Giving away one's organs for a charitable cause is a great humane thing for a person to do. Giving it away for cash to put towards the latest gadget on the market? That's highly questionable.... Read more...

EBay removes ad for sale of human kidney

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 03:09:25 +0000

Auction Web site eBay removed a listing Thursday from a British man who was attempting to sell one of his kidneys to finance medical treatment for his sick daughter. Peter Randall had put... Read more...

Man fined for Internet kidney sale

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:02:19 +0000

A German court has sentenced a man for trying to sell one of his kidneys on the Internet to a four month suspended jail sentence and fined him 2,000 euros ($2,300), authorities said Tuesday. ... Read more...