EXHIBITION: Body Worlds & The Story of the Heart

Body Worlds with The Story of the Heart www.bodyworlds.com

Exhibition Centre, Basel, on now till January 2, 2012

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The latest exhibition which focuses on the heart and cardiovascular system, includes more than 200 human specimens, whole-body plastinates, organs and translucent body slices. More than 32 million visitors around the world have seen Gunther von Hagens’ amazing Body Worlds.

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