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‘Grim Reaper’: Harvard Medical School faces 2 more lawsuits over alleged human body parts trafficking ring

BOSTON — One of two new lawsuits filed against Harvard in the wake of bombshell allegations a morgue employee was stealing and selling body parts donated to the university’s medical school reveals the employee may have identified as the “Grim Reaper.”

Boston Herald

Man found with 40 human skulls and spinal cords ‘decorating’ his home, court filings say

FBI agents asked suspect James Nott if anyone was in the house, to which he replied: ‘Only my dead friends’

The Independent UK

We've finally identified the nerve cells in the clitoris and penis that respond to vibration

A new study in mice shows that Krause corpuscles are specialized to respond to vibration and light touch, and are key to normal sexual behavior.

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New AI tool can help treat brain tumors more quickly and accurately, study finds

Machine learning can help with analysis of gliomas, most common brain tumor, and reduce time patients are in operating room

The Guardian - US

Is it legal to sell human remains?

Four individuals were charged with federal crimes in June 2023 related to the “unlawful transport” across state lines of human remains taken from the Harvard Medical School morgue. This indictment was part of a larger effort by the Department of Justice to shut down a national network of people trafficking…

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Harvard Medical School sued by families of loved ones whose body parts were stolen and sold by morgue manager

Federal prosecutors say that cadavers were stolen from the university’s morgue, then chopped up and sold

The Independent UK

Medical students honor body donors through words, deeds and ceremonies

Six people were charged on June 14, 2023, with buying and selling human remains stolen from the Harvard Medical School morgue and from an Arkansas mortuary. The macabre story made national headlines, particularly the indictment of Cedric Lodge: a morgue manager at Harvard from 1995 until earlier this year.

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A Former Medical School Morgue Manager Has Been Charged With Stealing And Selling Body Parts

Cedric Lodge allegedly allowed buyers to visit the morgue and decide which remains they wanted to buy, a federal prosecutor said.

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Global Warming Linked To Rise In Dog Attacks, Study Shows

Risk of bites increases by up to 11% on sunny or smoggy days, according to Harvard Medical School researchers.

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Alleged body part theft by Harvard morgue manager spurs lawsuit

The manager allegedly sold body parts on the black market, prompting a lawsuit for negligence and emotional distress.

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Theft of heads, brains, skin and other body parts from Harvard morgue spurs lawsuit

The son of a woman whose body was donated to Harvard Medical School for research purposes has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all families who believe their loved ones’ body parts were mishandled by the school’s former morgue manager

The Independent UK

Morgue manager at Harvard Medical School sold stolen body parts, prosecutors say

Brains, skin and more were taken from dissected portions of donated cadavers.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Heads, brains, skin and bones’: Everything we know about the Harvard morgue body parts case

Reverred institution’s veteran morgue manager Cecil Lodge accused of stealing human remains and selling them online to black market collectors

The Independent UK

Four indicted over ‘appalling’ theft of body parts from Harvard Medical School

Morgue manager Cedric Lodge and his wife Denise allegedly took ‘heads, brains, skin, bones and other human remains’

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The Independent UK

‘Heads, brains, skin and bones’: Everything we know about the Harvard Medical School body parts seller

Reverred institution’s veteran morgue manager Cecil Lodge accused of stealing human remains and selling them online to black market collectors

The Independent UK

Harvard morgue manager ‘sold body parts and human skin that was made into leather’

Paypal memo of one transaction read ‘head number 7’ as medical school deans call accusations ‘an abhorrent betrayal’

Axios

Harvard Medical School morgue manager accused of stealing and selling donated body parts

Cedric Lodge was indicted with several others over what prosecutors said was a nationwide scheme.

The Independent UK

Harvard Medical School morgue manager, 4 others indicted in theft, sale of human remains

A former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue, his wife and three other people have been indicted in the theft and sale of human body parts

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Boston Herald

Former manager of Harvard morgue charged with trafficking human remains

BOSTON — A former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue has been charged with alleged trafficking of human remains.

Daily Mirror

Morgue bosses 'stole and sold human BODY PARTS' in horror Harvard Medical School scheme

Harvard Medical School's morgue bossCedric Lodge is accused of letting people pick which human body parts they wanted to buy before stealing brains, skin and bones from donated cadavers to ship to them in the mail from his home

Inverse

This Cutting-Edge Gene Therapy Could Revolutionize Birth Control — But It's Not for Humans

A new gene therapy that modifies the production of a hormone in cats could make spaying wild cats far easier.

Daily Mirror

Pet psychologist discovers what dogs dream about, but warns never to wake them

Dr Deirdre Barrett, a clinical and evolutionary psychologist at Harvard Medical School, claims dogs experience similar dreams to humans and their owners likely feature in them

Fortune

Stress is making your biological age older than it actually is. Recovering could make you younger again

New study shows correlation between stressful stimuli and aging.

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Communication in brain changes during dieting: Study

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research and Harvard Medical School have now shown in mice that communication in the brain changes during a diet: The nerve cells that mediate the feeling of hunger receive stronger signals, so that the mice eat significantly more after the diet and…

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The Digital Wellness Lab aims to mediate between TikTok and parents

The Digital Wellness Lab is trying to address concerns about kids' social media use.

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