Harvard Morgue Faces Lawsuit Alleging Trafficking of Hundreds of Cadavers.

A lawsuit filed in Massachusetts alleges that up to 400 donated cadavers could have been involved in a black market scheme run by the morgue manager at Harvard Medical School. Earlier this week, the manager was indicted on allegations of human remains trafficking. The remains came from people who volunteered for Harvard's anatomical gifts program and agreed to donate their bodies for education, teaching, or research purposes. The civil lawsuit was filed by the son of a woman whose body was donated to Harvard for medical research following her death in February 2019.