Donor body trade questions ethics and safety
A Reuters investigation into Restore Life USA shows how a young donor Cody Saunders' cervical spine was sold for 300 dollars plus shipping after his death in 2016. It raises concerns about vetting buyers and whether donated bodies meet medical research standards.
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Cody
East Tennessee
Restore Life USA
Restore Life
Reuters
United States
Angela McArthur
University of Minnesota Medical School
McArthur
Brian Grow
Life
Byrd
Grow
Reuters Bought Bodies for Investigation to Expose Body Brokers
Reuters spent over a year examining the body broker industry that dissects rents and sells donated dead. Reporter Brian Grow contacted five brokers using Thomson Reuters credentials seeking body parts. Reuters bought a cervical spine and two heads from Restore Life USA and used experts and legal guidance to handle and test the samples.
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Atlanta Reuters
Reuters
Brian Grow
Thomson Reuters
Grow
Minneapolis
James Byrd
Restore Life USA
Elizabethton
Tenn
Restore Life
Guidance and
Assis
Byrd
Cody Saunders
Townsend, Tenn
Saunders
Tennessee
University of Minnesota
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