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World Service,03 Oct 1997,28 mins

New artificial Finger Joints point the Way for Arthritis Sufferers

Science In Action

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Artificial finger joints; Australopithicus boisei bones; mad cow disease (BSE) linked to new strain of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD); operation to stop snoring; biography of Sir Isaac Newton; Native Americans in dispute over Kennewick Man bones.

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