Grim Trade in Human Flesh and Bone
Grim Trade in Human Flesh and Bone. They came to the funeral home in expensive cars, carrying clean hospital scrubs and pushing big tool boxes on rollers. Then they went to work in a makeshift surgical suite inside, cutting up cadavers and removing tissue and bone for eventual sale in the body parts market. "Two people would cut … [Read more...] about Grim Trade in Human Flesh and Bone
Tissue scandal touches family of BBC’s Cooke
Cremation Ashes of BBC's Cooke Triggers Probe. After Alistair Cooke’s death in the early morning of March 30, 2004, he was wheeled out of his Upper East Side apartment on a collapsible gurney and whisked away into the darkness. Three days later, Cooke returned home in a small, cardboard box. Susan Cooke Kittredge examined the … [Read more...] about Tissue scandal touches family of BBC’s Cooke
A look inside a tissue processing plant
Industry has fallen under a cloud after a New Jersey company was accused of taking body parts without families' consent. accumulation This nonprofit tissue processor, located in a nondescript office park near San Francisco, makes about 300 products surgeons use to fix torn knee ligaments, bad backs, burned skin and a host of other … [Read more...] about A look inside a tissue processing plant
Two funeral homes in body-parts scandal are shut down
Philadelphia funeral parlors sucked for body parts scandal. Two Philadelphia funeral directors who have been under investigation in a body-parts scandal have agreed to surrender their licenses, the Pennsylvania Department of State said yesterday. Louis Garzone, of Louis Garzone Funeral Home in Kensington, and his brother, Gerald … [Read more...] about Two funeral homes in body-parts scandal are shut down
Illegal Harvesting and Sale of Body Parts, Tissue, and Organs
Illegal Harvesting and Sale of Body Parts. There was a time when Gothic horror stories would frighten moviegoers who paid their quarters to see mad scientists pay grave robbers to steal the body parts and organs from graveyards. Whether the goal was to create a monster like Frankenstein or to dabble in macabre experiments in a … [Read more...] about Illegal Harvesting and Sale of Body Parts, Tissue, and Organs
Tissue scandal reaches UIHC
Harmful Tissue Scandal In Transplant Procedures. Potentially harmful tissue used in transplant procedures for 30 UI Hospitals and Clinics patients will not alter screening practices at the hospital, a spokesman said Thursday. UIHC surgeons had used tendon, bone, and skin grafts harvested by New Jersey-based Biomedical Tissue … [Read more...] about Tissue scandal reaches UIHC
