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- Cystic Fibrosis - The Curse Of Salt

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Science & Technology
No one knows exactly how cystic fibrosis destroys its victim’s lungs, but we do know that at the heart of the mystery lies salt: the salt that’s e...
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- Diabetes - In Search of A Miracle

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Science & Technology
Diabetes is a blood sugar disease that affects 130 million people worldwide, and is fast becoming the world’s biggest killer. It’s a disease that ...
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- Duchenne - The Death Gene

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Science & Technology
This is the story of the fight against Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the genetic disease that kills more boys than any other. The disease is estimated ...
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- Freeze Me

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Science & Technology
Imagine having your body placed in an aluminium can to be kept in deep freeze storage for hundreds of years. It may sound disturbing, but not so for t...
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- Inside Extraordinary Humans
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Science & Technology
In this one-hour National Geographic Channel program we go inside the extraordinary bodies of dwarfs to unlock the secrets of their unique designs and...
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- Kill or Cure

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Science & Technology
Advances in surgery, obstetrics, psychotherapy and general medicine have been gained at the cost of countless lives and untold suffering. As medical s...
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- Lifting of the Makutu

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Science & Technology
This is a story about a family struck by tragedy: the loss of seven little boys from severe deformities at birth. It also centres on a New Zealand sci...
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- Malaria, the Serial Killer

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Science & Technology
You think you are safe from Africa’s number one killer? Malaria kills as many people as AIDS. With some three million deaths a year, most of them ar...
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- Medicine at the Edge

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Science & Technology
Our urge to explore extreme places puts extreme demands on our bodies. Luckily new technology has created a branch of medicine designed to cope with i...
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- Microbe Invasion

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Science & Technology
The human body offers an astounding array of bountiful environments, ripe for microbial exploitation. These diverse regions of our own bodies are host...
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- Parkinson's - Stopping The Tremors

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Science & Technology
Many scientists are convinced that a cure for Parkinson’s disease will be found within 10 to 15 years. With more than 1 million sufferers in the Uni...
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- The Girl Whose Muscles are Turning to Bone

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Science & Technology
Luciana Wulkan, age 7, suffers from Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva. This rare degenerative disease triggers her muscles and tendons to turn int...
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- The Man Who Has Everything

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Science & Technology
The Man Who Has Everything examines one of the most common medical conditions in the western world - heart disease. Despite its prevalence there is st...
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- Transplanting Memories

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Science & Technology
Is it possible for transplant recipients to inherit memories, preferences and emotional traits from a donor they’ve never met? Growing evidence sugg...
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