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World Service,03 Jul 1996,13 mins

Transgenic Solutions To Health Problems

Health Matters

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Shiatsu's pain relief, coping with disaster and transgenic animals and plants for medicine. A look at the use of genetically modified animals and plants in medicine, and the use of some human genes to give medical benefit to foods such as milk. The programme also explores how the ancient art of shiatsu is being revived to help relieve pain and how aid workers cope with disaster.

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