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NanoEngineering Professor Joseph Wang wins grant for Hospital-on-a-Chip Technology

Caption: The automated sense-and-treat system being developed by UC San Diego NanoEngineering professor Joseph Wang and colleagues will continuously monitor a soldier’s sweat, tears or blood for biomarkers that signal common battlefield injuries such as trauma, shock, brain injury or fatigue. Once the system detects a battlefield injury, it will automatically administer the proper medication, thus beginning the treatment well before the soldier has reached a field hospital.

Credit: UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

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