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World Service,07 Oct 1996,27 mins

Human Genome Project

Discovery

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A progress report on the human genome project which hopes to map the DNA of man. Also in the programme, a debate on whether the foetus can feel pain: three specialists on the unborn argue the evidence. And a report on bizarre dietary habits from the ocean depths where some creatures have substituted a stomach for bacteria.

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