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Making commercial sense

In 2017 Professor Frances S. Ligler was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for her inventions in portable optical biosensors. Professor Ligler now talks to Nature Chemistry about the challenge of developing new sensor designs into reliable products, and some of the pitfalls to avoid in the development process.

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Johnson, R. Making commercial sense. Nat. Chem. 14, 480–481 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-022-00942-z

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