Synopsis
Professor Robert Winston explores the medical potential in stem cell research, and meets a team of scientists at Imperial College London who have created beating-heart cells from scratch.
- Programme: How Science Changed Our World
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2010
- Biology | Infection and response | Treating, curing and preventing disease | Benefits and risks associated with the use of stem cells in medicine
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