walks with Jean Larson, widow of a donor in Minneapolis. Once a relatively rare option, body donation has surged at medical schools, including the University of Minnesota. The increase has helped provide cadavers for dissection by first-year...
“Not too long ago, it was taboo. Now we have thousands of registered donors,” said Mark Zavoyna, operations manager for Georgetown University’s body donation program. The University of Minnesota said it received more than 550 cadavers last year, up from 170 in 2002. The University at Buf...
Al Jazeera reported in 2015 that one Illinois for-profit “body broker” was accused by the FBI of “selling body parts infected with HIV, hepatitis, sepsis and other diseases for use by unwitting doctors and researchers” among other heinous crimes. How can this happen? It d...
Al Jazeera reported in 2015 that one Illinois for-profit “body broker” was accused by the FBI of “selling body parts infected with HIV, hepatitis, sepsis and other diseases for use by unwitting doctors and researchers” among other heinous crimes. How can this happen? It do...
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More disturbingly, it appears that the FBI may only be scratching the surface of an illegal industry in which this chop shop operated. The Arizona center has a counterpart in Illinois where hundreds of additional families have fallen victim to a similar “body part-brokering scheme” by a compa...
Dr Comelli reported being the Lawson Family Chair in Microbiome Nutrition Research at the Joannah and Brian Lawson Centre for Child Nutrition, University of Toronto, during the conduct of the study and receiving nonfinancial support from Lallemand Health Solutions, donation to research program from ...
A second vehicle also was given away in a surprise donation. Don and Annette Castleberry received a fully refurbished 2008 Buick Lucerne to replace their vehicle that was totaled recently in an accident. Don is the pastor of Pawnee Assembly of God in Pawnee, Ill. ...
Letter from a jail inmate in Illinois: “I received your book on Friday. The book I received was “Ready for the Lord’s Return.” I was really surprised at so many things in my life I’ve been looking at wrong. Thank you for this book. I will always be glad to receive books fro...
time off work etc. This fund is meant to offset that cost. It’s pretty cool that today’s donors came together to financially support tomorrow’s donors. We need to keep this cycle of giving paying forward, so that the donation process is easier for the next guy in line. We did that...