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World Service,29 Nov 1996,28 mins
Testing a new treatment Model for Muscular Dystrophy
Science In ActionAvailable for over a year
Muscular dystrophy; why mongooses survive snakebites; ancient mummies are helping modern researchers into bilharzia (schistosomiasis); missing wave-lengths of light in space; anti-ageing compound; how satellites broadcast TV to Earth.
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