Mike Hixenbaugh

This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research.

Libero Marinelli Jr.’s journey from a public hospital to a for-profit body broker demonstrates the peril of an industry with little regulation, an NBC News investigation found.

Boston Scientific's Relievant Medsystems used at least 25 unclaimed bodies for training, including that of a murdered 21-year-old woman whose family was fighting to bring her home. The company said it didn't know.

This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research.

This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research.

A Texas medical school suspended its body donation program, major biotech companies responded and lawmakers called for accountability.

NBC News exposed how a Texas medical school cut up the unclaimed bodies of the poor and leased them without consent or the knowledge of their families.

The ongoing wildfires have set off a stampede to find housing, leading some homeowners and property managers to raise rents higher than the 10% allowed during emergencies.

How Boston Scientific’s Relievant Medsystems came to use the unclaimed dead offers a window into the pressing demand for human bodies.

Sylvia Trent-Adams, president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center, is stepping down, after an NBC News investigation uncovered failures to contact families before using their loved ones’ corpses for medical research.