Body Worlds

It’s a gory portrayal of the crucifixion, created from casts of human bone and blood vessels, which looks certain to offend Easter church-goers. But Dr Gunther von Hagens, the controversial anatomist, insists that his latest work is not blasphemous but a true expression of Christian values.Related StoriesAmazon investigated by UK authorities over tax avoidancePower cut hits 90,000 after blazeSultan's ex-wife wins case against bodyguardMiddle...  

A decade ago, Gunther von Hagens brought his ghoulish travelling show of preserved humans, Body Worlds, to the UK. Now he's back, this time with a zoo's-worth of animals that have undergone the same plastination technique: extracting water and fatty ...  

Dr Gunther von Hagens, aka Germany’s Dr Death (many have held that title but not all made it big on the telly), has created a new Crucifixion in time for Easter...  

Most people will be familiar with the sight of German artist Gunther von Hagen's dissected human bodies. Now the same team that behind Hagen's Body Worlds exhibition has now extended the preservation process to the animal world, giving viewers the ...  

The items on display are real human specimens donated by people who bequeathed their bodies for educational purposes to the Institute for Plastination in Germany. Plastination is a process invented by Dr. Gunther von Hagens to maintain specimens for medical education.  

The German entrepreneur, who describes himself as a plastinator, has earned international fame for his Body Worlds shows which feature human cadavers arranged in lifelike poses. But his latest project Cycle of Life, which opens in Berlin today, has been ...  

The art of plastination, pioneered by Sui's teacher and competitor Gunther Von Hagens in the late 1970s, preserves human and animal remains in a semi-plastic form. Hoffen is one of three companies that specializes in bio-plastination techniques ...  

The bodies are preserved through unique process, called plastination, invented by German physician Dr. Gunther von Hagens in 1977. Plastination replaces the natural fluids in the body with a form of flexible plastic, which then allows the bodies to be ...  

Gunther von Hagens will strip corpses of their flesh and create his own version of the biblical image of Jesus on a cross in a controversial new documentary called Crucifixion, which will air on Channel 4 this Easter. Gunther Von Hagens documentary will be ...  

A Shark Without Its Skin Looks Even Scarier Than A Regular Shark: It's a shark without its skin, part of Dr. Gunther von Hagens' new exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London. Dr. Von Hagens' team carefully removed the skin to show the vascular system underneath.The rest of the animals—more than 100 specimens—are equally striking, from elephants to gorillas to horses to ostriches to bulls to dogs. Fascinating stuff. If you are in...  

Controversial anatomist Gunther von Hagens is to reveal his latest exhibit - a crucifix. Von Hagens invented the technique of 'plastination' for preserving human bodies with their muscles, veins and bones on display while working at the University of ...  

The team behind Gunther von Hagens’ famous Body Worlds show have brought their extraordinary preservation techniques to the animal kingdom. German scientist von Hagens is the master of ‘plastination’, where the water and fats are removed from a body ...  

This is gross, yet I can't take my eyes away from it. It's a shark without its skin, part of Dr. Gunther von Hagens' new exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London. Dr. Von Hagens' team carefully removed the skin to show the vascular system...  

This is gross, yet I can’t take my eyes away from it. It’s a shark without its skin, part of Dr Gunther von Hagens’ new exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London. Dr Von Hagens’ team carefully removed his skin to show the blood system underneath.  

#imagecache This is gross, yet I can't take my eyes away from it. It's a shark without its skin, part of Dr. Gunther von Hagens' new exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London. Dr. Von Hagens' team carefully removed the skin to show the vascular system underneath. More »  

Dr. von Hagens preserved the cadavers using a technique he invented called plastination. He says his exhibit is meant to help lay people understand the workings of the human body. But thoughtful people around the world are repelled and disgusted by what he's doing.  

“Animals Inside Out” is an exhibition of animal corpses that have been perfectly preserved with plastic polymers in a process called “plastination” (video). The exhibition is by plastination inventor Dr. Gunther von Hagen. Von Hagen is best known for his Body Worlds exhibitions of plastinated human cadavers. “Animals Inside Out” is on display at the [...]  

The German entrepreneur, whose Body Worlds exhibitions showed human cadavers in lifelike poses, has told clients they will be able to buy the fleshless corpses which he injects with plastic resin over the internet. The body parts will go on sale from ...