US Army blew up bodies that were donated for medical research
Source: Metro - UK
Harley Tamplin for Metr.co.uk
Friday 23 Dec 2016 8:00 pm
Human bodies that had been donated by their families for medical research were used in bomb simulations by the US army.
Biological Resource Centre (BRC), a company that claimed to donate bodies for research purposes, actually sold each body to the military for $5,893 (4,800) each.
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The families of people whose bodies were donated only learned the truth following an investigation by Reuters.
Jim Stauffer donated his mother Doris body to BRC, hoping that it might help in the search for a cure to Alzheimers disease.
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/23/us-army-blew-up-bodies-that-were-donated-for-medical-research-6342644/#ixzz4ThBwfpb7
greymattermom
(5,751 posts)maybe they were doing studies on blast injury.
Throd 2.0
(62 posts)JenniferJuniper
(4,496 posts)can't they do any sort of testing they like?
TygrBright
(20,733 posts)NOBODY better make a profit on it.
Really... when I have no further use for it, I'd be happy it could be used one more time, by someone else, for something that will help others in some way.
But... SELLING it?
That's purely disgusting. Fuck them.
adamantly,
Bright
vkkv
(3,384 posts)The dead were once life - should be treated with equal respect within each given parameter.
I hope this news hits all major media.
FSogol
(45,360 posts)to build better armor, blast protection, and safety devices. Science writer Mary Roach dedicates a whole chapter in her book, "Stiff" to the subject. That's where I plan on leaving my body to, since they have the hardest time getting corpses, and their research pays off in saving others quickly.
vkkv
(3,384 posts)to bring humanity back from the brink.
Blowing up someone's relatives (our relatives) so that the Pentagon can build a "safer" army is exactly the opposite of what we need.
I'm sad and sorry you don't grasp that.
FSogol
(45,360 posts)heck, even cell phone batteries can explode these days. If a body (donated for science) is used for scientific purposes, that's a good thing. Are you against organ donation too?
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Are a direct result of military doctors learning how to treat battle injuries.
Please tone down the self-righteousness.
Lokilooney
(322 posts)vkkv
(3,384 posts)Kuhl
(30 posts)Thanks...
skylucy
(3,734 posts)the bodies of loved ones now have to deal with the images that this investigative report has made public. Aren't there many people injured in explosions...both in the military and in civilian accidents? I imagine that even using donated cadavers for research on Alzheimers might not be something that would look lovely to us if we saw what researchers do to the bodies. That doesn't make the research any less important.
greymattermom
(5,751 posts)rather they exchange it for a processing fee. My university used to have one of the largest willed body programs in the country. If you donate your body there, it likely goes to a medical school outside the state or for some other medical research use. These things are highly regulated, and blast injury is poorly understood. Maybe they were testing some new lightweight protective clothing for use in hot, desert climates.
FSogol
(45,360 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.
― Will Rogers, I think?
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,904 posts)Lokilooney
(322 posts)...Naked and crying!
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)... I'd consider that better than just being food for worms.
Bayard
(21,806 posts)Why should it be that expensive for research to use it? "Processing?" What's that supposed to mean?
I had a friend years ago that adopted some goats that the Army had been blowing up for the same reason.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,044 posts)I imagine maintaining a morgue for donated bodies isn't cheap.
canetoad
(17,090 posts)There are the expenses of picking up, storing, paperwork etc.
csziggy
(34,120 posts)1. Preliminary embalming
2. Transportation to one of our receiving facilities located at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, or the University of Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando.
http://anatbd.acb.med.ufl.edu/donor-packet/general-information/
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Locut0s
(6,154 posts)If you read the article the son in the highlighted case donated his mother's body and SPECIFICALLY ticked a box saying her body could not be used for military or non medical purposes. Which is exactly what they did, which is horribly insensitive when you think about the fact that you are dealing with the bodies of loved ones, people donate their bodies hoping that some good can come of it after their death, or in this case the body of a loved one.
Personally speaking just for myself I really don't give a shit what happens to my body after I die. Shoot it out of a cannon for all I care, lol. I'm gone at that point. It would be nice to donate my body to scientific research.
EarthFirst
(2,877 posts)My first question was if there was a military objection/opt-out.
It seems as though there was in this instance.
If someone is morally objected, I feel their wishes ought to be respected.
If the military is able to have the purchasing power behind them that it has, there aren't shortages of medical cadavers, so this objection should not even be an issue.
Locrian
(4,522 posts)He signed a form authorising medical research, but also ticked a box prohibiting military or non-medical experiments.
Pretty clear he has a reason to be upset.
Also - military experiments(?): likely not used for research for "helping soldiers" with respect to injuries, medical treatment etc.
Much more likely for bomb effectiveness and killing potential.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)I'm not sure why this British tabloid is running with it now.
Owner of Biological Resource Center in Arizona sentenced to probation, deferred jail time
PHOENIX - The owner of an Arizona company that arranges the donation of bodies for medicine and research was sentenced to probation and later jail time for his role in mishandling the donations.
Prosecutors say Stephen Gore faces four years of probation and a deferred sentence of 12 months in jail for illegal enterprise, according to the Maricopa County Superior Court.
According to info from inside the courtroom, the jail sentence that was deferred will be revisited next year.
The 48-year-old Gore pleaded guilty in October to a charge of illegally conducting an enterprise after his company, Biological Resource Center of Arizona, was the subject of a two-year investigation.
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/owner-of-biological-resource-center-in-arizona-facing-prison