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World Service,25 Apr 1995,28 mins

Polio vaccine

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How a polio vaccine with an unlimited shelf life could help eradicate the disease for good. A sugar-based vaccine which doesn't need refrigeration is being developed by a Cambridge-based company in the UK. Also in the programme, how bananas could help protect against Hepatitis B and how are ear can tune into to different sounds.

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