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World Service,25 Sep 2025,36 mins
Autism and the epigenetics of early brain development
Science In ActionAvailable for over a year
Epigenetic changes during early brain development, and the complexities of autism. Also, how bacteria learn to parry antibiotics, the subterranean burp that shook the Island of Santorini, and new guidance for sharing land between farming space and living space for the pollinators on which it depends. Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Alex Mansfield Production Coordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth (Image: Blastocyst embryo, light micrograph. Credit: Science Photo Library via Getty Images).
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