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All five adults had growth hormone deficiency as children and received pituitary growth hormones prepared in a specific way from cadavers.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
Two cadaver dogs went to the scene, but there was no evidence that anyone was inside.
—Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
Detectives from the Camden County Sheriff’s Office and cadaver dogs had been searching the pond on private property since Dec. 16, when Donnie Erwin’s Hyundai Elantra was found submerged.
—Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2024
The growth-hormone deficient individuals, then children, received donor hormone from cadavers whose brains apparently contained infectious, misfolded proteins that lead to often-fatal neurodegenerative disease.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 1 Feb. 2024
The software also achieved a 90% success rate when interpreting scans taken of cadavers with sponges placed inside them.
—Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
And although no slicing or dicing is shown, quite a bit of attention is given to Leonardo’s passion for stealing and dissecting cadavers in the interests of medical research.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
The study found that all five participants had received injections of human growth hormone from cadavers for several years.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2024
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Latin, from cadere to fall
circa 1500, in the meaning defined above
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