Tucked away on the third floor of the Medical Science II building sits a supply of painted skulls and silicone-hardened lungs. The Plastination Lab, which houses bodies preserved in plastic, features ...

There’s a greyhound’s heart, a cat’s spinal cord, a smoker’s lung. A human female torso and head sliced into 1-inch sections from head to waist, completely preserved -- all touchable, teachable. The ...

Sometimes, after a long week, all a person really wants to do is read about alternative burial methods, am I right? If, like me, you think that regular funeral plans are way too boring, and you want ...

Although “Body Worlds” -- an anatomical exhibition of corpses and body parts preserved in lifelike poses through a process called plastination -- drew record crowds during its recent engagement at the ...

"Every body is a treasure," said Dr. Angelina Whalley, creative and conceptual designer for the new "BODY WORLDS RX: Prescriptions for Healthy Living" exhibition at The Health Museum. We wanted to ...

Plastination of the body is a growing trend—and no, I’m not referring to the enhancements of Hollywood starlets. Plastination is a process of preserving specimens, whereby the water and fat from the ...

There were always a few animals included in Body Worlds' other exhibits, said Larry Dubinski, president and CEO of the Franklin Institute. "People were always fascinated by the animals," he said. Body ...

DALLAS — Stace Owens has no intention of leaving this world when he dies. He plans to stick around for decades or longer, preserved in plastic and displayed in a museum or medical school. The ...