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The US Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX) is heading up an international team of government, industrial and university researchers investigating biologically based (natural) materials and devices for electronic and photonic applications. This opens up an exciting new field for bioengineering demonstrating that biotechnology can benefit many areas, in addition to genomic sequencing and clinical diagnosis and treatment alone.
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