Episode 99: Click on the Kidneys: Virtual organs in your medical future

Prof Peter Harris discusses the process of virtual modelling of human organs, and how it will lead to enhanced understanding of disease and its treatment. With science host Dr Shane Huntington.

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Professor Peter Harris
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