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Cancer and cachexia

Scientists believe they have found the cause of wasting in cancer and Aids patients

Scientists believe they have found the cause of wasting in cancer and Aids patients. Scientists find cause of cachexia during cancer, which causes the body to waste away. Also in the programme the COAST telescope which has been built in Cambridge, and the protein pipes discovered in both brains and carrots. Presenter: Roland Pease.

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