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Conflict's impact on a neglected disease

2024/5/8
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Health Check

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A research center in Sudan had brought hope for neglected disease mycetoma, we hear from a mycetoma expert how the conflict has affected research. Also on the show, have researchers discovered a genetic form of Alzheimer’s, and for the first time an orangutan is seen making a medicine to treat its own wound – what can this tell us about the history of human medication?

Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Margaret Sessa-Hawkins