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New research into treating Deafness

Treating human deafness with gene therapy could be a step closer after mice experiments

Treating deafness with gene therapy could be closer as the transfer of a single gene in devoloping mice can cause them to grow working ear hair cells.
How tiny doses of fertiliser applied at the time of planting a seed can boost crop yields by amazing amounts – research by the Internatioinal Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat). Female lemurs in Madagasgar getting more aggressive due to climate change. The science of ageing – what really can b done to increase the human lifespan in the future?

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

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