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In this edition: An immunologist who worked with Alexander Fleming reaches 106, mums put their breast milk to the test and hearing aids get gamified.

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– Will Kent, the garden of England, become a if Brexit lengthens border checks? We find out, as well as a link between early puberty and higher BMI for girls.

– More than 100 mothers donated their breast milk in a study collaborating from the Department of Surgery and Cancer. The come up with their own research projects – including this one on given to children up to and beyond two years old.

– Bill Frankland celebrated his 106th birthday on 19 March, but . He is an expert in allergies, who introduced the world to the pollen count and worked with Alexander Fleming, Roger Bannister and Ernst Chain.

– is an EU project to help those with hearing issues understand the latest tech for their hearing aids, and helping those without problems understand those who do, through immersive games and virtual reality.

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The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's MSc Science Communication course and the presenter of Click Radio on the BBC World Service, with contributions from our roving reporters in the Research Communications group.