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January 10th, 2006

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Work to develop tiny sensors that would sit in the human body and detect cancer cells will be carried out at a new research centre at Swansea University. The Nanotechnology Centre, opening on Tuesday, is aimed at putting Wales at the cutting edge of the science.

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