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This is the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine with me Chris Smith.

And me Eva Higginbotham.

Coming up, a second COVID vaccine approaches the finish line,

but who are the also-Rans?

We'll look at who's most likely to get the vaccine first and whether we've got

that pecking order right and how microscopic plants are helping scientists grow replacement

human organs.

Also under the microscope, the cells that are on the move, from strange-looking sperm to how a developing

baby leaves its own cells lurking in mom's tissues for the rest of her life.

The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. To quote England's Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Van Tam, a second penalty has hit the back of the net.

He was referring to the promising results for another COVID-19 vaccine,

this one made by the US startup Moderna.

It followed hot on the heels of last week's announcement

of similarly encouraging results from rivals Pfizer,

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