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  • n  a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened
    the plastination of specimens is valuable for research and teaching
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  • BRA: Exhibit ‘Vital’ to foot traffic
    Faneuil Hall Marketplace is bringing in a new tenant just in time for the holiday shopping season, but it’s not a store or restaurant. “Body Worlds Vital” — an exhibit of human body parts and cadavers preserved through “plastination” — debuts at the center Nov. 22.
    Nov. 7, 2013 - Boston Herald
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  • Abel Xavier in Press-Enterprise
    I invented plastination when I was 32 years old - half a life ago - so that I could teach people about the human body and awaken them to its full potential. Now that I am in my 60s, it seemed a natural progression to use my science and to present,... Gunther von Hagens http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunther_von_Hagens&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE-a_USDyDXe6-vL7s-57yVNJsFrw FOXBusiness http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/tickets-brand-new-exhibition-body-worlds--mirror-time-sale--july/&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEiGiAIz0TUf_02seLEIIzUO8gCAg Jul 17, 2008 75080 101284 plat The pressure is already there. The excitement is already there," Galaxy defender Abel Xavier said. "If the players are not excited to play against Chelsea, I think they cannot plat at a high level."

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