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World Service,22 Dec 1998,28 mins

Alzheimer's disease

Discovery

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Alzheimer's disease and the search for a cure. A new test appears to be able to show those in the early stages of the degenerative brain disease. Also in the programme why NASA's mission to the Eros asteroid appears to be back on track and the amazing computers of the future.

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