And fortunately, we know that enzymes capable
of breaking down these materials exist - specifically, in the soil bacteria and fungi that help to
decompose dead bodies.
The show at Guild Hall includes images
of a cryopreservation unit (where the
dead are preserved by freezing), a glass flask containing live HIV cells, and a
decomposing corpse that's part
of the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility, known in popular culture as the
Body Farm.