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Professor Gunter Von Hagens poses next to one of his anatomical specimens playing football at the launch of his latest exhibition BODY WORLDS 4 at Manchester Museum of Science and Industry on February 21, 2008, Manchester, England. Since its debut in Tokyo in 1996, the show has sparked controversy and curiosity. German scientist Gunther von Hagens, who created the show and developed the preservation technique used to preserve the bodies, called Professor Gunter Von Hagens poses next to one of his anatomical specimens playing football at the launch of his latest exhibition BODY WORLDS 4 at Manchester Museum of Science and Industry on February 21, 2008, Manchester, England. Since its debut in Tokyo in 1996, the show has sparked controversy and curiosity. German scientist Gunther von Hagens, who created the show and developed the preservation technique used to preserve the bodies, called "plastination", intends the exhibits to teach people about human skeletal, cardiovascular and the treatment of diseases.

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The Weekend Edit; 26.4.12

By James Davidson on | From weheart.co.uk
Beatboxing, shopping, art, cinema and the plastination-professor turning his gory eye to the animal kingdom. Here’s our weekly guide to your next 7 days… © Gunther von Hagens, Institute for Plastination, Heidelberg, Germany www.bodyworlds.com Until 16 September Animal Inside Out; Natural History Museum Using Gunther von Hagens’ famed method of preservation, Plastination, Animal Inside Out is a must-see exhibition showcasing the anatomy of a mind-blowing range of animals. The...Read Full Story

Autopsy: Life & Death

By docjungle on | From documentaryjungle.com
Autopsy: Life & Death (Channel 4)-Anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens and pathologist Professor John Lee perform a series of autopsy demonstrations at the Institute of Plastination in Heidelberg, Germany, in which they point up the process of finding a cause of death. With the aid of human dissection, live models and scientific models they are able to reveal what disease really looks like and how it works. It is important to note that in the UK, a standard clinical autopsy tends to follow a set...Read Full Story

Lady GaGa to Use Dead Bodies in Concerts

By cmania on | From celebrity-mania.com
Wed, 23 June 2010 05:13:15 ET © ROC/Fame Pictures   The 'Alejandro' singer plans to team up with scientist Gunther Von Hagens, who is famous for his "Body Worlds" exhibitions, to come up with a striking new vision for her Monster Ball Tour.Lady Gaga plans to use dead bodies in her concerts. The "Alejandro" singer plans to team up with scientist Gunther Von Hagens, who is famous for his "Body Worlds" exhibitions which depicts preserved human corpses in various poses, to come up with a...Read Full Story

Body Worlds exhibition in Rome

By simpy99 on | From oddstuffmagazine.com
In the capital of Italy, an exhibition of the famous German anatomist Gunther von Hagens Body Worlds. The exhibits represent the human body and its parts will be saved by a specially developed technique of plastination. Take a look. Preservation of bodies and parts thereof produced by a method invented by Von Hagens Plastination: a biological material is impregnated with the biopolymer by vacuum, and then work with him as with art exhibits. In each exhibition presents about 25 bodies, as...Read Full Story

Body Worlds exhibition in Rome

By simpy99 on | From oddstuffmagazine.com
In the capital of Italy, an exhibition of the famous German anatomist Gunther von Hagens Body Worlds. The exhibits represent the human body and its parts will be saved by a specially developed technique of plastination. Take a look. Preservation of bodies and parts thereof produced by a method invented by Von Hagens Plastination: a biological material is impregnated with the biopolymer by vacuum, and then work with him as with art exhibits. In each exhibition presents about 25 bodies, as...Read Full Story
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Preserved bodies offer look inside humans at Science Museum of Virginia...
Those are a couple of neat tidbits about human anatomy you can learn at the "Body Worlds & the Brain" exhibit at the Science Museum of Virginia. The exhibit starts Friday, and it gets under the skin, literally, featuring a dozen preserved ...  
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Preserved bodies offer look inside humans at Science Museum of Virginia...
Those are a couple of neat tidbits about human anatomy you can learn at the "Body Worlds & the Brain" exhibit at the Science Museum of Virginia. The exhibit starts Friday, and it gets under the skin, literally, featuring a dozen preserved ...  
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There are different exhibits all the time.  One exhibit coming up is human bodies that have been preserved through plastination.  It is like looking under the skin.  It is an exhibition that has been around the world.  Guther von Hagens ...  
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