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World Service,30 Oct 1998,28 mins

The Risks of Maternal Malaria

Science In Action

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Research into maternal malaria that affects only pregnant women. The male contraceptive pill may be the "holy grail of reproductive medicine" but would women trust men to take it? Tests on Ötzi, the Stone Age "iceman", could have been a vegetarian. A gold wire only an atom thick that can conduct electricity brings nanoelectronics closer.

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