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Bioengineering breakthrough increases DNA detection sensitivity by 100 times

NIBIB in the News
October 11, 2023

Letting small amounts of DNA 'dance' can speed disease detection

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Researchers have pushed forward the boundaries of biomedical engineering one hundredfold with a new method for DNA detection with unprecedented sensitivity. Source: University of Massachusetts Amherst/Science Daily