Every Friday afternoon, 60 students cram into three laboratory spaces. Those labs have a distinct smell: ethanol and other chemicals, preserving four human cadavers. More than half of the 60 students ...

Before starting her first dissection, Katie Hopkins took the time to observe every feature of the hand she was about to work on. Realizing that she would be the last person to see the donor’s ...

Small talk at an exercise class led one reporter to explore why fitness professionals are seeking out cadaver workshops. By Danielle Friedman Danielle Friedman is a freelance journalist and a regular ...

Alexandra Wuopio, a first-year medical student at UNLV’s Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, recently spent days of intense study huddled with several classmates and one other person — someone none of ...

Cadavers have been used in medical training for centuries, and dissections are a rite of passage for first-year students in medical school. Traditionally, the cadavers being dissected were real human ...

Dakota State University plans to open its first cadaver lab to biology students this fall, with a new course on human gross anatomy and cadaver dissection. In DSU’s six-year biology program review, ...

Medical students use real-life specimens to learn human anatomy, but this critical education relies on an extraordinary final act of generosity ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The University of Northern Iowa has received a $412,905 grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust to expand and modernize its Anatomy and Physiology I and II laboratories. Part ...

(AP) When medical students have finished their study and practice on cadavers, they often hold a respectful memorial service to honor these bodies donated to science. But the ceremonies at one medical ...