U.S. Health Center Ends Unclaimed Bodies

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Texas medical program stops using unclaimed bodies following NBC News investigation

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University of North Texas Health Science Center will stop accepting unclaimed bodies.

NBC News investigation found the Fort Worth program cut up and leased out the remains of poor people for training and research without consent from the dead or their families.

The move was prompted by documents uncovered by reporters' public-records requests, the center's president says.

The Texas Funeral Service Commission issued a moratorium on out-of-state body shipments earlier this year .

It is investigating a range of issues, including the acquisition and distribution of unclaimed bodies by the center.

Moving forward, the Willed Body Program will obtain human specimens only from consenting donors.

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