A nationwide network of stolen body parts allegedly involving a Harvard Medical School morgue manager has revealed a thriving and macabre market for human remains, experts told The Post.

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

In sum, thousands of dollars and numerous types of human body parts — all from Harvard Medical School's morgue and an Arkansas mortuary — were exchanged beginning sometime in 2018, according ...

Los Angeles Times reporters found two dozen cases in which a death investigation was harmed by the procurement of body parts. The organ donation process isn’t what it seems. Our findings.

A measure in New York state offers tax credits to living organ donors. That's reignited one of medicine’s most contentious ...

Every year, an estimated 20,000 people donate their bodies to science for the purpose of medical research and education. But unlike organ donation, these body parts can be bought and sold for profit.

The human roadmap that is contained in our DNA is present in every cell in our bodies, and it should also contain enough information to build or regenerate the body. However, access to that part ...

Human body parts were also stolen from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and sold, and in some cases resold or traded, for other human remains, federal prosecutors allege.

The largest muscle in the human body is the Gluteus Maximus. It is responsible for keeping your posture upright, and is the principal antigravity force working when you walk up stairs.

I've done about 15 actual human body dissections as part of my ongoing professional training as an anatomist. You can become a bit desensitised to it, although people ask, ...