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and would permit some uses that otherwise seem to be prohibited.Significantly, in the debate over property rights in human bodies or parts thereof the conclusion is that there may be some property rights in human body parts but that, as with all such rights, constraints will nevertheless exist on how such rights can be exercised and the uses to which human tissue can be put.Property, in addition, might be a useful concept, but not to the extent that it involves commercialism.In an effort to clarify the legal status ofbody parts the report proposes that two presumptions should be taken as standard: firstly, that tissue removed in the course oftreatment should be presumed to have been abandoned and, secondly, that if tissue is removed in other circumstances and donated voluntarily it may also be used if consent to the intended use is given.If adopted, these proposals would simplify what is otherwise an extremely complex question.