26 min

Conflict's impact on a neglected disease Health Check

    • Health & Fitness

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

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

26 min

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