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 ...

A surgical skills laboratory and corresponding dissection curricula were established in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Cleveland Clinic in the 2011-2012 academic year. The authors describe how ...

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 ...

Wearing a white coat and rubber gloves, Framingham High School senior Alex Gill carefully sliced open the carcass of a mink to take a peak at the critter's organs. A few cuts here and there and he ...

In an article in the Feb. 1 issue of The Scientist, 1 Ricki Lewis asks whether the pig is replaceable as a laboratory research animal. The fetal pig as a specimen for biology dissection labs is indeed ...

Dissection of insects and frogs in science laboratories in educational institutions could soon become a thing of the past with the Ministry of Environment and Forests asking UGC to explore options to ...