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World Service,24 Jan 1994,28 mins

The power of aspirin

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Can the wonder-drug aspirin be made more precise? Aspirin inhibits the enzymes which can cause pain and fever. Also in the programme a new view of the universe from a repaired Hubble Telescope and a look at time travel - is it a science fiction fantasy, or a physics problem to be solved? Presented by Martin Redfern.

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