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World Service,13 Jul 1990,27 mins

How Alzheimer's Disease kills Brain Cells

Science In Action

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Alzheimer's disease at cellular level; halting small cell lung cancer growth; sorghum's immune system; seismology detects meteorites landing and events under ocean beds; a beetle's high-tech defences.

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