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World Service,04 Apr 2002,23 mins

A Breakthrough in Stem-Cell Research?

Science In Action

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Norwegian research into reprogramming cells may supercede therapeutic cloning and end the ethical debate. How physicists slow down light to control optical information storage and the implications for computing and communications. Diagnosing viral infections on the spot in 10 minutes. The consequences of the mapping of the human genome. The worlds smallest organisms, nanoarchaea, discovered in the deep sea.

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