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World Service,19 Dec 2002,22 mins

Nerve Cells grown from Bone Marrow Cells

Science In Action

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US medical researchers have grown basic nerve cells from patients' own bone marrow cells, which might one day help treat neurological diseases like Parkinson's. Are there really microbes beyond the Earth's atmosphere? How the Earth isn't exactly round. Researchers in Brazil find race is only skin deep.

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