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Breakthroughs Within Reach

Basic laboratory procedures can present physical challenges for biomedical researchers with disabilities. But a cadre of innovators has come up with technological solutions that make the laboratory bench more accessible to scientists with impaired sight or movement. Stu Hutson reports on how these adaptive research tools help people with disabilities by using everything from computer screen readers to security lasers.

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Hutson, S. Breakthroughs Within Reach. Nat Med 15, 476–479 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0509-476

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