Trade in humans and their bodies is not a new phenomenon, but today’s businesses are historically unique, because they require advanced biomedicine, as well as ideas and values that enhance the trade in organs. Western medicine starts from the view that human illness and death are failures to be combated.
人类器官交易古已有之，但今天的情况因为现代生物医学和推动器官交易的思想和价值观的介入而变得与众不同。人类疾病和死亡可以修复的观点构成了西方医学的基础。正是在这样的理念氛围（身体再生梦想）中，移植技术不断发展，对生物替代器官的需求也在不断增加。