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Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) has celebrated the success of its Body Worlds 4 exhibition, announcing that it welcomed its 100,000th visitor today.

The milestone was achieved less than eight weeks into the exhibition's run and coincided with the museum's announcement that its visitor numbers this year have been double the figures recorded in 2007.

Tony Hill, acting director at MOSI, said: 'It is terrific news that we've hit the 100,000th visitor in such a short time.

'A lot of Body Worlds 4's popularity is down to word of mouth, as the exhibition has really got people talking and thinking about how their own bodies function. By holding this exhibition at MOSI, we have helped to stimulate debate and discussion about the human body, which is all part of our goal to make science and industry inspirational.'

Body Worlds features real human bodies that have been preserved through the process of plastination and sets out to teach visitors about anatomy, physiology and health.

Plastination was invented in 1977 by Dr Gunther von Hagens, who has since become famous for carrying out autopsies on television.

The exhibition, which will be at MOSI until 29 June, has been an international success and is though to have attracted nearly 25m visitors worldwide.

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