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[โ€“] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (16 children)

I mean... I'm not a scientist, but wouldn't that be a good thing? A scientifically uninteresting specimen, to me, means no abnormalities, no weird diseases, bog-standard "nothing interesting, they just died."

[โ€“] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 23 points 2 days ago (8 children)

I think it's implying the opposite, that they abused their body so much during life that they no longer qualify to be donated. Weight is one of the major disqualifiers for whole-body donation.

The vast majority of bodies go to medical institutions for surgical training, with a smaller percent going to research

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