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Body Worlds ( German title: Körperwelten) is a traveling exposition of dissected human bodies, animals, and other anatomical structures of the body that have been preserved through the process of plastination. Gunther von Hagens developed the preservation process which "unite [s] subtle anatomy and modern polymer chemistry", [1] in the late 1970s.
Bodies: The Exhibition is an exhibition showcasing human bodies that have been preserved through a process called plastination and dissected to display bodily systems. [1] It opened in Tampa, Florida on August 20, 2005. [2] It is similar to, though not affiliated with, the exhibition Body Worlds (which opened in 1995).
The exhibition, and Hagens' subsequent exhibitions Body Worlds 2, 3 and 4, had received more than 26 million visitors all over the world as of 2008. To produce specimens for a Body Worlds exhibition, Hagens employs 340 people at five laboratories in four different countries. Each laboratory is categorized by speciality, with the laboratory in ...
Plastination is a technique or process used in anatomy to preserve bodies or body parts, first developed by Gunther von Hagens in 1977. [1] The water and fat are replaced by certain plastics, yielding specimens that can be touched, do not smell or decay, and even retain most properties of the original sample. [2]
While Baz says she learned there was “more good in the world” than bad, the experience made her realize “our society has a lot of work to do in terms of representation for pregnant women and ...
Alison Lapper MBE (born 7 April 1965 [1]) is a British artist. She is the subject of the sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant, which was displayed on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square from September 2005 until late 2007. [2] [3] She and her late son Parys featured in the BBC docuseries Child of Our Time.
Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) [1] was an African-American woman [4] whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line [A] and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely under specific ...
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