kavin submitted, created time 6 months 2 weeks (blogs.wsj.com)

In the quaint New England town of Great Barrington, Mass., there’s a group of kindly folks who spend their days churning out body parts--from colons to bladders to beating hearts.

Sounds like a Stephen King story or maybe even a slasher flick, we know. But this is for real. The town in the Berkshire Hills is home to the Chamberlain Group, a company that makes lifelike models to train doctors.

The company does have its roots in Hollywood, though

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