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Episode 3: The Spark of Life

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Adam Rutherford reveals how scientists are close to the creation of a new life form.

Adam Rutherford reveals how scientists are close to repeating what has happened only once in four billion years - the creation of a new life form.

In a three-part series, Dr Adam Rutherford tells the extraordinary story of the scientific quest to discover the secrets of the cell and of life itself. Every living thing is made of cells, microscopic building blocks of almost unimaginable power and complexity. 

The final part reveals how our knowledge of cells has brought us to the brink of one of the most important moments in history. Scientists are close to repeating what has happened only once in four billion years - the creation of a new life form.

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Adam Rutherford tells the story of science's quest to discover the secrets of the cell

Dr Adam Rutherford tells the extraordinary story of the scientific quest to discover the secrets of the cell and of life itself

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