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Engineered Cell–Cell Communication and Its Applications

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Related research in the You lab is supported by NIH (1R01-GM098642), a DuPont Young Professorship (LY), a National Science Foundation CAREER award (LY), a David and Lucile Packard Fellowship (LY), North Carolina Biotechnology Center (2012-MRG-1102), and the Office of Naval Research (N00014-12-1-0631).

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Payne, S., You, L. (2013). Engineered Cell–Cell Communication and Its Applications. In: Muffler, K., Ulber, R. (eds) Productive Biofilms. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, vol 146. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2013_249

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