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The Super-healing Mouse

Lab mouse that can re-grow damaged heart tissue without drugs

The MRL strain of laboratory mouse can re-grow damaged heart and other tissue without drugs or hormones. Using gene expression signatures in tadpoles to measure the effects of pollutants. Using plants to remove a wide variety of contaminants from polluted soil. The Dead Sea is drying up and and its unique flora and fauna is under threat.

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26 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

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