The Fantastical World of Hormones with Professor John Wass
★ 6 · 2014 · 60m · Documentary
Expert John Wass presents a documentary telling the story of how hormones were discovered and remain at medicine's cutting edge as we try to deal with modern scourges like obesity.
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