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Boston Scientific’s Relievant Medsystems used at least 80 unclaimed bodies for training, including that of a murdered 21-year-old woman whose family was fighting to bring her home.
NBC News’ investigation into the University of North Texas Health Science Center's use of unclaimed bodies led to significant changes even before the first article ran.
Despite the importance of bodies in medicine, there is no data on how many are used each year, let alone how many of them are unclaimed. In investigations over the past two years, NBC News has ...
Every day, unclaimed bodies leave the gates of Bhopal's Hamidia Hospital, shrouded not in love but in a plastic sheet - their ...
The use of unclaimed bodies in medical schools was legalized in the 1800s as an attempt to stop grave robbing, where so-called “resurrectionists” dug up dead bodies and sold them to schools.
After NDTV's investigation revealed the chilling neglect of unclaimed bodies in Madhya Pradesh - buried in shallow pits, ...
A century ago, unclaimed bodies, as well as those of executed prisoners, were the default source of teaching specimens for U.S. medical schools.
Dharmasthala Gram Panchayat officials have said that the panchayat has records dating back to the late 1980s for all the unclaimed bodies found in the village.& ...
Newfoundland and Labrador Heath Services has tapped Barrett’s Funeral Home to bury unclaimed bodies being kept in storage.
How did unclaimed bodies end up in the hands of a major biotech company? Boston Scientific’s Relievant Medsystems used at least 25 unclaimed bodies for training, including that of a murdered 21 ...