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Our Changing World for Thursday 26 October 2017

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  • Inherited heart disease: you're not doomed by your DNA

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    9:06 PM.Anna Pilbrow says that a complex interaction of genetic factors underpin our risk of getting heart disease - and leading a healhy lifestyle lowers the risk. Read more Audio

  • Understanding our immune system

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    Toll-like receptors are part of the innate immune system, and their role is to recognise invading bacteria and fungi.

    9:05 PM.Bruce Beutler received the 2011 Nobel Prize for discoveries about the innate immune system in mammals. Read more Audio

  • It's a microbial world

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    Microbes in a slice of a biofilm.

    9:04 PM.Science writer Ed Yong investigates the complex world of microbes in his book "I Contain Multitudes." Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 19 October 2017
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