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World Service,31 Jan 1994,27 mins

Neural tube defects

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Breakthroughs in the detection and treatment of neural tube defects such as in spina bifida: Data from the Cosmic Background Explorer mission about ripples in the microwave background of the Big Bang - what some scientists have called "a glimpse of the face of God": Lastly, new ways to cut childhood asthma. Presented by Ruth Linton.

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