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Saving Limbs with Gene Therapy

Gene therapy encourages growth of blood vessels in diseased limbs

How therapy with a gene that produces a protein that encourages blood vessels to grow can save diseased arms and legs with poor blood supply. The rich ecosystems in Antarctica's sea ice and the damage caused by rising temperatures. Why forest-planting schemes to mop up carbon-dioxide are limited by nitrogen in the soil. Wetlands under threat. A geologist suggests another way the asteroid impact 65 million years ago caused the global mass extinction, including dinosaurs.

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成人快手 World Service Archive

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

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