A Texas medical school suspended its body donation program, major biotech companies responded and lawmakers called for accountability.

This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical ... used in countless ways in the medical world — by doctors to hone surgical ...

Unclaimed property can include old bank accounts, uncashed checks or refunds. Across the nation, more than $20 billion is waiting to be reclaimed by citizens who may not even know they may be owed ...

Each year in December, those whose remains have been unclaimed for three years are ... “You come into this world with somebody. You don’t deserve to go out alone.” In recent years, those ...

The story of how a major biotechnology company came to use the unclaimed dead offers a window into the pressing demand for human bodies — a crucial part of ... in the medical world — by ...