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Why Birth Weight Matters

The cause of low birth weight in some babies lies in the placenta

The cause of low birth weight in some babies lies in the placenta. Low-birthweight in mice found to have a genetic component involving a growth factor. How caffeine can kill slugs and snails. The sounds of a distant star. Fossilised bird-like footprints discovered in Argentina are more than 210 million years old.

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大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

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