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World Service,10 Jun 1996,26 mins

Cell signalling and cancer

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Report on the latest discovery into the causes of cancer. Researchers at Britain's Imperial Cancer Research fund have discovered that cancer may develop from more than one cell. Also in the programme, why software engineers are turning to philosophy for new ideas and the battle of the sexes being fought at a genetic level. Presenter: Ruth Linton.

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