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World Service,04 Nov 2004,22 mins

Why Nicotine is Addictive

Science In Action

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Researchers identify brain receptors in mice responsible for nicotine addiction, which could help researchers develop drugs to help the world's billion smokers quit. Report calls for scientists to ensure that developments in beneficial biotechnologies are not adapted to make human or agricultural genetic weapons. Conference on protecting artifacts in tropical climates. Studying synathestia that causes some people to taste shapes or hear smells as stimulation of one sense activates another.

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