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Visitors donating their bodies to Portland museum

The Columbian
Published: February 27, 2012, 12:00am

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Since the Body Worlds exhibit opened at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, 39 people have volunteered to have their bodies put on display after they die.

The display features real bodies of people and animals in a way their shows their muscles. The exhibit features information on the brain.

One man who hopes to donate his body, Keith Cantrell of Beaverton, told KATU (http://is.gd/WczrZP ) he hopes to contribute to human learning. If his body parts go on exhibit though, he says, he’d like to have a label, so his grandkids will know which parts are grandpa’s.

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Information from: KATU-TV, http://www.katu.com/

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