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Featuring an inventor strangled by his own invention, a Nobel Prize winner who had his 'eureka' moment in the car and how stem cell research could change the future of medicine.
Karl Sabbagh's book explores the surprising science behind seemingly trivial assumptions.
An inventor who was strangled by his own invention, a Nobel Prize winner who had his 'eureka' moment in the car and how stem cell research could change the future of medicine.
Read by Toby Longworth.
Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
A Pier Production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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- Mon 30 Nov 2009 09:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
- Tue 1 Dec 2009 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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