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In the U.S. market for human bodies, almost anyone can dissect and sell the dead
Part 1: When Americans leave their bodies to science, they are also donating to commerce: Cadavers and body parts, especially those of the poor, are sold in a thriving and largely unregulated market. Grisly abuses abound.
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A Reuters journalist bought human body parts, then learned a donor's heart-wrenching story.
Part 2: After a few emails, a body broker sold reporter Brian Grow two heads and a cervical spine. The spine came from a young man whose parents were too poor to bury him – and they say they never knew his body would be sold.
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How an American company made a fortune selling bodies donated to science
Part 3: Science Care reaps $27 million in annual revenue by recruiting body donors through hospices, funeral homes and online ads. And to ensure quality of body parts sold, it found inspiration in a legendary model of efficiency: McDonald's.
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In a warehouse of horrors, body broker allegedly kept human heads stacked on his shelves.
Part 4: Arthur Rathburn is accused of dismembering donated bodies with a chainsaw and renting HIV-infected parts to medical professionals. Prosecutors hailed his arrest as a crackdown. But for years, Reuters found, authorities let him do business despite signs of his bizarre practices.
Mystery in the woods: In 2014, a woman’s severed head was found. Who is she?
Part 5: Based on the precise way her neck was cut and the careful removal of her cervical spine, investigators believe a body broker was involved. But they need the public's help to solve what they consider the most bizarre case they've handled.
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Cadavers in the ballroom: Doctors practice their craft in America’s favorite hotels
Part 6: Big names in hospitality, from Disney to Hilton and Hyatt, have a little-known sideline: They rent space to physicians who train on cadavers and body parts. There is scant regulation, and some public-health specialists warn of biosafety risks.
A business where human bodies were butchered, packaged and sold
Part 7: For a decade, Arizona-based Biological Resource Center persuaded dying Americans to donate their bodies to science. More than 5,000 did. Here’s what happened to thousands of them.
There are more than 100 body donation programs operated by state agencies or medical schools. A state-by-state list of such programs, including phone numbers, has been posted by the Anatomical Board of the State of Florida on its website: http://anatbd.acb.med.ufl.edu/usprograms/
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