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Science programme reporting on developments across the disciplines. Each week, scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects

Material World: 14/10/2010

14/10/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Material World, 14/10/2010

Stem cell trials; human remains and archaeology; and a brief encounter with a comet chaser

Stem cell trials; human remains and archaeology; and a brief encounter with a comet chaser.

Stem cell trials - Geron's spinal cord therapy starts after years of regulatory wrangles. Human remains and archaeology - researchers complain of burdensome regulations. And a brief encounter with a comet chaser
NASA's Deep Impact space probe is closing in on the Comet Hartley 2; Quentin hears about the science astronomers hope to learn from the encounter.

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