New body warehouse approved for southeast Shelby County
Conceptual art shows the Medical Education & Research Institute's plans for a storage facility on Forest Hill-Irene. (Courtesy MNB Architecture)
Memphis’ Medical Education and Research Institute is growing, but it needs additional storage space to accommodate that growth, including whole human body donations.
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MERI Genesis Whole Body Donation Foundation Shelby County Land Use Control Board scientific researchAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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