http://home.kyodo.co.jp/all/display.jsp?an=20011026177 Human cells auctioned for 1st time, sold for 160 mil. yen TOKYO - Human cell strains belonging to the head of a researchers' association were auctioned Friday at a Tokyo hospital, marking the first auction of human cells in Japan.
The human cell strains owned by Hideo Okumura, 68, head of the Japan Human Cell Society, had been seized by court as collateral for loans totaling 120 million yen, and were bought for 160 million yen by a Tokyo businessman who is also the creditor of the loans.
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