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World Service,12 Mar 2016,40 mins

Advances in Bioengineering

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Bridget Kendall talks to three pioneers who are pushing the boundaries of what is possible at the interface between engineering, biology and medicine: John Rogers makes electronics which dissolve when they have done their job, Magnus Berggren grows circuits inside plants and Hadyn Parry is using a harmless protein to wipe out dangerous disease carriers. Picture: A rose attached to an electronic apparatus. (Credit: Eliot Gomez)

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