How did unclaimed bodies end up in the hands of a major biotech company?

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

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How did unclaimed bodies end up in the hands of a major biotech company?

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