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World Service,19 Jun 1995,28 mins

Repairing the brain

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Report on a new centre for brain repair, which has just opened at Cambridge University. The centre will research ways of helping repair brains damaged by illness and trauma, including the possible transplantation of neurons. Also in the proHow bacteria harvest sunlight; why the earth has a magnetic field; repairing damaged brains; time in a creative universe. Presenter: Ruth Linton.

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