Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College podcast 29 June 2011
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Gareth Mitchell, Sam Wong and Colin Smith discuss recent news from Imperial, including a new analysis of the global diabetes epidemic and a project to design materials that mimic dolphin skin.
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