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"Body Worlds" in Boston
By Andrea Shea

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BOSTON - July 31, 2006 - "Body Worlds 2" opened Sunday in Boston at the Museum of Science.

The show's creator, Dr. Gunther Von Hagens, has courted fans and controversy around the globe with his eye-popping displays of real dissected human cadavers.

Andrea Shea reports on how "Body Worlds'" blurs the lines between science, art and spectacle.



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