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Radio 4,18 Oct 1985,14 mins

Cholesterol discovery wins Nobel prize

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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University of Texas duo win Nobel prize for their work on cause of cholesterol build-up. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

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