GMA: Groundbreaking Stem Cell Surgery Gives Boy New Cheekbones Oct 13, 2009
Brad had an experimental eight-hour operation in May at the , where doctors implanted cadaver bone into his face. They then injected Brad's own stem cells into the donor bone. (ABC News)
Docs 'Grow' New Cheekbones for Teen Oct 13, 2009
In order to fix this, Dr. Jesse Taylor, the surgeon in the division of craniofacial and pediatric plastic surgery, first carved a model of the missing bones from cadaver bone. Next, Taylor and his team injected the cadaver bone with stem cells harvested from Brad's stomach fat and a type of growth hormone, called Bone Morphogenic Protein-2, which signals stem cells to turn into bone cells. (Fox News)
iPhone the body electric Oct 8, 2009
A human cadaver is displayed on an iPhone equipped with an "app " or software named AnatomyLab, designed by University of Utah biology Professor-Lecturer Mark Nielsen, anthropology student Shawn Miller and ... AnatomyLab allows students to conduct a "virtual dissection" by providing images of a real human cadaver during 40 separate stages of dissection ... Just hit the "View Cadaver" button. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Lopicola's new gig Oct 7, 2009
He d be a prized cadaver with those great muscles and veins. It s really hard to do a proper dissection on geezers with no muscle left. (The Palm Beach Post)
Need a New Heart? Grow Your Own. Oct 4, 2009
The donor pipe came from a cadaver, was stripped clean of its original cells, and then was repopulated with the patient s adult stem cells, which grew into the appropriate tissues. But when it comes to cultivating entire organs from scratch, research is still in its infancy. (Boston Globe)
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Tears Common And Additional Surgery Likely In Teens Oct 4, 2009
A new study found that with a failure rate of almost 24 percent, the use of cadaver replacement ligaments. (Apr. (Science Daily)
Med Students 'Crossing Line' on Social Networking Sites Sep 24, 2009
There's no way to tell whether the cadaver prank is real and it wasn't part of the study, but real or staged, it doesn't reflect well on the medical profession, Chretien said ... "Disrepect for cadavers is one thing, but filming it and putting it on YouTube is another. It undermines the credibility of our profession.". (Fox News)
Police Dig In Garridos' Yard, Nearby Sep 22, 2009
Search dogs alerted officials Monday in the same vicinity where cadaver dogs picked up a scent last week, but Orrey discounted the alert because crews were in the process of digging in the area. One of the dig sites is located in a neighbor's back yard, where Phillip Garrido has been a caretaker. (KCRA 3, CA)
Calif. police, seeking link to abductions, resume digging Sep 22, 2009
She said two dogs that are trained to look for human bones detected something in the same vicinity where cadaver dogs picked up a scent last week. Authorities reported disturbed soil last week that could indicate that something lies buried in the area. (Boston Globe)
Bone Turns Up On Garrido Property Sep 20, 2009
-- The property where Jaycee Dugard was held captive for 18 years became the focus of an archaeological-style dig Friday as authorities revealed the discovery of another bone and a soil "anomaly" that could indicate something lies buried in an area where cadaver dogs earlier picked up a scent. Lt. Chris Orrey of the Hayward Police Department said it's unknown if the bone is human or animal, and that police are meeting with a forensic anthropologist next week. (KCRA 3, CA)
Garrido dogs scent human remains Sep 19, 2009
Ground-penetrating radar will be used to search the spot identified by the cadaver dogs, a police spokesman said ... FROM OTHER NEWS SITES Cadaver dogs show interest at Garrido property - 4 hrs ago Sniffer Dogs 'Find New Clue' At Jaycee Lair - 20 hrs ago Sniffer dogs drawn to Garrido concrete - 27 hrs ago Cops: Cadaver Dogs Indicate Human Remains on Garrido Property - 30 hrs ago. (BBC News -- Americas)
Dogs Find Possible Clue In Garrido Case Sep 19, 2009
-- Alameda County sheriff's Sgt. J.D. Nelson said during a search, a cadaver dog gave a tentative feel of a cadaver at one area of the residence of Phillip and Nancy Garrido ... "After the dog gave what is determined to be somewhat of a tentative feel for the cadaver, we brought in a second dog and he indicated on that particular part of the property.". (KCRA 3, CA)
Stanford Grad Gives $33M For Stem Cell Research Sep 18, 2009
Investigators bring cadaver dogs and an underground detector to the Antioch property of Phillip and Nancy Garrido, the couple suspected of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991. Sep 17, 2009. (Yahoo News -- Philanthropy and Volunteerism)
Police Serve Search Warrant In Annie Le Case Sep 16, 2009
It wasn't until five days after her disappearance that members of the state police crime squad, with the assistance of a cadaver dog, discovered her fully clothed body ... Investigators had attempted to bring a cadaver dog into the building earlier in the week, but because of the large number of animals in the laboratory, the dogs were unable to do a thorough search. (FOX61, CT)
A family with fight Sep 13, 2009
Surgery to cut out the tumor, replace a 7-inch portion of her right humerus with a cadaver bone and replace the muscles, tendons and ligaments in her rotator cuff was postponed until August, when she broke her arm rolling over in bed and got a staph infection. It was all happening while Casey was starting preseason camp. (The Augusta Chronicle)
RedState Morning Briefing Sep 11, 2009
Whatever the President did not accomplish tonight, he waved around the cadaver named Ted Kennedy as a distraction. It is a good thing Ted Kennedy drank as much as he did, because his corpse held up well as Obama dragged it through the aisles of the House of Representatives like Achilles dragging Hector across the plains of Troy. (Human Events Online)
Steve Jobs back in public Sep 10, 2009
He looks like a cadaver, sorry to say. I bet he doesn't last another month unfortunately. (New York Post -- News)
Severed hand, torso found in valley near LA Sep 10, 2009
Deputies and cadaver dogs searched the area thoroughly Tuesday night but found no other body parts at that time ... Deputies and cadaver dogs searched the area Tuesday night but found no other body parts at that time. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Severed Human Hand Found Near School Sep 10, 2009
An initial search of the area with cadaver dogs turned up no other body parts, Whitmore said, but added that "perhaps this is another piece to an unraveling puzzle.". Whitmore said detectives have no reason to believe the severed hand had anything to do with the school, and that students and their parents should not worry. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
A Sick Society Sep 7, 2009
observed surgery, toured the sick wards, saw the care of badly burned patients, viewed the mechanisms for obtaining cadaver blood for transfusions and witnessed the use of the famous Russian vessel-suturing apparatus which operates on the same principle as a paper stapler. "Casper Star-Tribune, 1984A healthy bite -- "Hospital costs rising faster than average. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Sarah Clynes Uses Personal Experience To Advocate Organ Donation Aug 29, 2009
In response to the shortage of organs for transplants, relatives, loved ones, friends, and even altruistic strangers are serving as living donors for the approximately 100,000 people on the national organ transplant (cadaver) waiting list ... My mother was only in the hospital for two days and back to work within two weeks; a live kidney lasts nearly twice as long and works immediately compared to cadaver donation. (Uicflames.com)
Overweight People Have Skinnier Brains Aug 27, 2009
Obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than those of normal weight, according to a study of cadaver brains by researchers from UCLA and the University of Pittsburgh. The doctors said in a news release that those considered overweight had 4 percent less tissue than those with body-mass index scores in the normal range. (Click2Houston, TX)
Infants' remains found under mobile home Aug 26, 2009
Authorities and the medical examiner's office remained at the scene Monday, Grisham said, and plan to use cadaver dogs at the site Monday afternoon in an effort to determine whether more remains were present. "This ground is pretty brushy and overgrown," he said. (CNN -- Law)
Infants' remains found under Texas trailer porch Aug 26, 2009
Crime scene tape surrounded the gray mobile home Monday as county workers cut down 3- and 4-foot-high weeds and brush, and cadaver dogs searched the area for a couple of hours without finding anything. Some chairs remained on the front porch of the trailer near Rendon, a community about 20 miles south of Fort Worth. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
week in review Some of the top stories in the Capital Region Aug 23, 2009
No longer would a donor be treated as "a living cadaver," as Vickie Hurewitz described the treatment of her husband, a Times Union reporter. According to rules set up in 2007 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare aid Services, hospitals must assemble an independent donor team for all transplants. (Albany Times Union)
Remains of missing childen recovered Aug 19, 2009
Hetrick said one boat, equipped with a cadaver dog, was initially sent out on the river Monday morning. He noted the dog would be able to pick up any trace of the children. (Milton Standard Journal, PA)
Medical students use artworks to share life (and death) lessons of gross anatomy Aug 17, 2009
"First Year Med Student Meets Cadaver," anonymous artist, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Class of 1993 By Globe Correspondent / August 17, 2009 ... Like all the doctors who came before her, Baltaro survived gross anatomy, a semester-long course that involves systematically dissecting a cadaver, from the muscles of the back to the hemispheres of the brain ... And as they get to know the physical bodies of their cadavers more intimately, many students learn to face death and accept it... (Boston Globe)
A death leads to better medicine Aug 16, 2009
No longer would a donor be treated as "a living cadaver," as Vickie Hurewitz described her husband's treatment. The rules put New York in the vanguard and the Conti committee followed up with similar rules for kidney transplants. (Albany Times Union)
Solemn Ceremony Greets Speicher's Remains Aug 14, 2009
Capture, share community events. Navy Pilot Shot Down Over Iraq In January 1991. (News4Jax.com, FL)
AP Exclusive: Killer says he wants to make amends Aug 13, 2009
Cadaver dogs picked up scents. Searchers crawled on hands and knees, hoping to uncover some clue that would verify Fulks' information. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Click to read:Your Corner Mailbox Could Be Stamped Out Aug 10, 2009
They are just getting around to noticing that they are a cadaver. They are the Pony Express, the are the Telegraph. (CBS News)
Is a living liver donation worth the risk? Aug 9, 2009
Initially, they touted the fact that the survival of living donor patients was better than those who got cadaver organs. But that was influenced by the fact that most people getting living donor transplants were much healthier than those getting cadaver organs, largely because national policies dictate that deceased donor organs go to the sickest patients on the waiting list ... Still, some experts feel that correlating the survival of those who get live organs with those who get cadaver organs... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'Item of interest' found in search for human remains Aug 7, 2009
Starting at one of two places that cadaver dogs indicated human remains might be buried, the team had barely scratched the surface when it uncovered some possible evidence. Lt. Gay said authorities could not say whether human remains were found, calling what was unearthed an "item of interest." However, he said, several animal bones were found. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Speicher To Be Buried In Jacksonville Aug 5, 2009
8:56 P.M. GMT august 3, 20099:39 P.M. GMT august 3, 2009SLIDESHOW: Contractor Al Dodds returned from Iraq earlier this year after leading a team of cadaver dogs and handlers in a search for the remains of Navy pilot Scott Speicher. Eighteen years after Navy pilot Scott Speicher was shot down on the first night of the first Gulf War, the Department of Defense confirms his remains were found. (News4Jax.com, FL)
Humans 2.0: Replacing the mind and body Aug 4, 2009
Before synthetic skin, first developed in the 1980s, grafts from the patient's own body or from a cadaver were used to cover wounds, but the process was painful and infection or rejection common. The synthetic stuff, on the other hand, combines collagen with some human skin cells in a lab, then is applied to the wound as a kind of scaffolding to encourage real skin growth. (MSNBC -- Technology)
BC star Herzlich tackles his cancer fight Aug 2, 2009
And though the encouraging MRI results have helped him avoid a surgery that would have required replacing part of his femur with a graft from a cadaver - a procedure that almost certainly would have ended his football career - another form of surgery looms after his treatment regimen ends in November. The less-traumatic procedure will require placing a metal rod inside Herzlich s femur as a reinforcement. (Boston Globe)
Sheriff: Elderly woman's body found near OC park Jul 30, 2009
Amormino says deputies called in a cadaver dog which found the body at about 9:10 p.m.. Amormino says the body has not been positively identified, but the park is near the home of 76-year-old Margot Walters who was reported missing nearly two weeks ago. (Fresno Bee -- State)
5 nuggets of knowledge about dog days Jul 29, 2009
Cadaver dogs are trained to locate drowning victims and victims of homicides and natural disasters. There are several K-9 Units in Northern Michigan and Trooper Steve Norman is the K-9 officer at the Gaylord MSP post. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
A life ended ... A future changed Jul 26, 2009
With Brindle s consent, sheriff s deputies searched the property with cadaver dogs. Within 10 minutes, the dogs zeroed in on the spot where detectives believed Kincaid was buried. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Murder details released Jul 21, 2009
The sheriff s office received Brindle s consent to search the property with cadaver dogs. Within about 10 minutes, the dogs zeroed in on the spot previously located by the Klamath Falls police detectives, according to the report. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Daughter gives her mom a kidney Jul 18, 2009
She needed one and I had two, Hause said. I figured what can it hurt. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Mom & Pop: U.S. should be getting 50% of power from nuclear Jul 14, 2009
Please: Keep watching for the Asian Longhorn Beetle - seeking a photo or cadaver. Also watch for Mile-A-Minute Vine. (Weymouth News, MA)
A deadly organ donor system Jul 5, 2009
Only the organ donor (or the donor s family, if the liver came from a cadaver) could receive nothing except the satisfaction that comes from performing an act of kindness. That, many say, is as it should be: Organs should be donated out of goodness alone; otherwise the rich might exploit the poor. (Boston Globe)
Road to recovery Jul 5, 2009
During the past eight months, physicians fused the fractured vertebrae and reconstructed his knee with cadaver ligaments, tendons and tissue grafts. Surgeons also inserted a titanium plate to replace the missing portion of his skull. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Search of woods on Calif. north coast called off Jul 4, 2009
A cadaver dog was brought out twice this week to search for clues in the park, known to be a home for transients. The woman who sparked the search made her claim while reporting that she had been assaulted. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
100 Pounds Of Pot Found In Casket Jun 27, 2009
DALLAS -- A casket minus a cadaver yielded nearly 100 pounds of marijuana after a traffic stop by Dallas police ... A casket minus a cadaver yields nearly 100 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop. (Click2Houston, TX)
Deputies Dig Near Haleigh's Mom's Home Jun 27, 2009
Channel 4 confirmed that investigators are digging on the property, cadaver dogs are on site and a pond is being searched by diver ... Cadaver dogs from Osceola County were brought in to assist in searching the Baker County property where Haleigh Cumming's mother lives. (News4Jax.com, FL)
Sheriff: Man Killed Father-In-Law In '81 Jun 24, 2009
CCSO deputies and FBI agents used bulldozers, hand shovels, a cadaver dog and other equipment to search a 10-acre site in the 4700 block of Montana Trail ... CCSO called in the FBI in addition to bulldozers and backhoes, used radar and cadaver dogs, but still there was no sign of Parker's body. (News4Jax.com, FL)
What's a Kidney Among Friends? Jun 21, 2009
He decided he wanted a living donor after learning that the success rate was 95 percent, as opposed to 90 percent from a cadaver. Only half of the 10,500 kidneys transplanted annually in the U.S. come from living donors. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Body Identified As Missing N.Y. Man, But Mystery Lingers Jun 20, 2009
Police searched the area that night and returned on subsequent days with tracking and cadaver dogs, the state police helicopter and volunteer searchers. King's cellphone was found in the truck and two days after the accident his wallet and the clothes he was wearing were found. (FOX61, CT)
Search For Missing Winters Woman Continues Jun 6, 2009
-- Investigators used cadaver dogs Friday to search both the north and south sides of Putah Creek in Yolo County for a missing woman. Leticia Ramos, 28, disappeared from Winters in April. (KCRA 3, CA)
Police Look For Owner Of 200-Year-Old Mummy Jun 3, 2009
The 200-year-old cadaver was seized after a medical student reported seeing it for sale on eBay. No charges were ever filed in the case, but officers note it's illegal to possess a human body without permission. (KWTX.com, TX)
Firefighter who took foot charged with theft May 30, 2009
Lambert, 46, survived and Economou told St. Lucie County Fire District investigators that she took the foot because it was too damaged to reattach and she intended to use it for training cadaver dogs ... I just have a hard time seeing why, with all of the people who get killed in accidents, it is hard to come by human parts to use for cadaver dog training ... Cadaver parts for dog training. (The Palm Beach Post)
DNA Shows Headless Skeleton Was Male May 29, 2009
Posted by mypatch ----------------------------- Probably that cadaver they just pulled from the woods. I think a lib ate the head and sucked the innerds out though. (CBS News -- US)
Puppy Training To Fight Crime May 29, 2009
Two weeks into the search, two cadaver dogs, a German shepherd named Circe and an Australian shepherd named Madison, arrived. Within 10 hours, the dogs picked up the scent of Zinkhan's remains in a shallow pit hidden in a thick forest. (W-USA News, DC)
Hundreds join Marie's fight for life May 27, 2009
Besides, as long as Marie is stable, her doctors advise that waiting for a cadaver liver is best. So waiting is what they continue to do. (News & Observer)
The dead aid the living in UAA anatomy lab May 25, 2009
Undergraduate students Jehan Abukharmah, Daniel Khokhorin and Jeremy Rosiecki study the muscle system in the legs in the University of Alaska Anchorage's WWAMI Cadaver Lab in April. The students in associate professor of biology Dave Pfeiffer's human gross anatomy class are some of the few undergraduates in the country able to do actual dissection on human cadavers ... DISSECTION: Cadavers give medical students and others real hands-on experience. (Anchorage Daily News)
Body Works In Art And Science May 24, 2009
Plastination of cadavers for education and scientific uses still cause controversy, but the use of human skin in art is macabre ... Von Hagens first plastinated cadaver exhibits began in 1995 and have traveled the world causing curiosity, interest and controversy ... Von Hagens is again in the spotlight for his most recent Body Works show, this time for displaying cadavers in sexual positions. (Suite101.com)
Program helps laid off employees get degrees May 19, 2009
"This experience is a long ways from wood putty, and I wasn't sure how I would handle my first cadaver class. But once I found myself there, I found it fascinating," Robbins said. "It's a pleasant surprise to find out how well you might do at something new, and find out things you never thought to explore but come to find out is incredibly interesting.". (Havre Daily News, MT)
Dog Speak: What are dogs good for? May 18, 2009
Cadaver dogs work in law enforcement to locate cadavers. 7. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
3 still missing after collision on False River May 18, 2009
Lt. Donald Salpietra said cadaver dogs and a sonar-equipped boat have been enlisted in the search. Salpietra said early Sunday afternoon that the search would soon be switched to a recovery effort. (Nola.com -- Sports)
Profilers assess Zinkhan case May 17, 2009
"To put all that stuff on top of himself, he had to do a lot of work," said Steve Barden, a member of Alpha Team K9 Search and Rescue, a metro Atlanta volunteer group that used cadaver dogs to find Zinkhan's body May 9. "He did a great job," Barden said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Zinkhan to be cremated; son getting ashes May 16, 2009
Zinkhan s remains, which have been at the GBI office since they were discovered Saturday by cadaver dogs, will be cremated, Wilson said. Airport Mortuary Shipping Service in Atlanta will handle the cremation, according to John Bankhead with the GBI.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Family Hasn't Claimed Zinkhan's Body May 16, 2009
Zinkhan's body was found by cadaver dogs in a wooded area of Clarke County May 9. Wilson said the body, which may have been dead since right after the April 25 shooting, is decomposing and needs to be claimed. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
Two things unclear in probe May 16, 2009
Some officials were convinced Zinkhan had fled the area after ditching the Jeep, but as time passed and he had not contacted anyone, used a credit card or did anything else to indicate he was alive, investigators enlisted the help of cadaver dogs. The dogs found Zinkhan's body last Saturday - exactly two weeks after he killed his wife, Marie Bruce, 47, Tom Tanner, 40, and Ben Teague, 63, outside Athens Community Theater. (Athens Banner-Herald)
