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World Service,25 Apr 1996,27 mins

Prion Proteins could link BSE and CJD

Science In Action

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Prion research; stars that eat their own planets; organising calcium phosphate crystals to grow artificial tooth enamel; detective work to find the earliest fossil fish; scientists as soap stars.

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