Why people leave their bodies to medical research ­ and what happens

10 Mar 2015

An article by David Derbyshire a freelance science journalist based in Winchester, UK  published in The Guardian newspaper today, explores why people leave their bodies to medical research – and what happens.

Helping find answers to hereditary diseases, training surgeons or wanting to leave an educational legacy are the reasons. But what sort of people donate bodies to science?

Link to article here http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/10/body-medical-research-donate-death-science-brain

At the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, UCC, FLAME laboratory,  we are very grateful to those who are generous enough to donate their bodies for the purpose of medical science and education.  Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience Anatomical Bequests Information can be found at  http://www.ucc.ie/en/anatomy/anatomicalbequests/.