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Improving lives at nano-scale
Invisible to the naked eye, nanotechnology is being combined with biotechnology to achieve medical advances such as the early detection of life-threatening diseases through a simple device, similar to a glucometer, for example. Shirley Tang and her team believe that the primary goal of their research should be to help improve lives through these scientific breakthroughs.