9 Ways You May Not Realize Dead Bodies Help Make Our Lives Better

With Halloween around the corner, you're likely to see many zombies, mummies and ghosts walking around. But the dead don't just serve as costume inspiration for Allhallows Eve. In fact, they help to make life better for us all year round. When people die and leave their bodies to science, it can result in much more than a simple organ donation. Keep reading for some of the helpful and little-known ways that the dead keep on interacting with the living. 1. Giving new life Doctors "harvest" all sorts of fully functioning organs and tissues from the deceased that can be used to save the lives of patients in need of organ transplants. Head transplants might even be possible in the near future.  EmbedContent(5627c111e4b0bce34703607d,,Embed,rich,Some({"id":"Zn5q6U","url":"http://america.aljazeera.com/content/dam/ajam/images/shows/innovation/103-heartbox/HeartBox/HeartBox-CoolerTransport.gif","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":500,"height":281,"content_length":1501896,"cache_age":60}))   2. Gross anatomy The best way to learn how something works is to take it apart -- and the human body is no exception. Medical students often examine dead bodies to learn how to operate on the living. EmbedContent(5627c111e4b0bce34703607f,,Embed,video,Some({"url":"http://giphy.com/gifs/74FbV1VkVLpdu","type":"video","version":"1.0","title":"Anatomy Animated GIF","author":"Giphy","provider_name":"Giphy","thumbnail_url":"https://media3.giphy.com/media/74FbV1VkVLpdu/giphy-facebook_...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - Category: Science Source Type: news