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Bioengineering programmes rise to meet the challenge of a young science

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When biology met engineering, they created a new field for scientists who don't want to be hedged into one discipline.

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Horton, B. Bioengineering programmes rise to meet the challenge of a young science. Nature 403, 464–466 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35000341

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