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Newcastle iGEM 2017 Team Presents... A New Era of Biosensors
Biosensors... ...have applications in many aspects of life; from agriculture (testing for pesticides/herbicides) to medicine (diagnostic tests), and everything in between. Unfortunately, biosensor development can be far from simple. Below are some of the major issues identified during this project.
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