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Read article: iTEARS platform diagnoses disease from patients’ tears Biomedical devices Research update iTEARS platform diagnoses disease from patients’ tears A nanomembrane system isolates exosomes from tears, enabling their rapid analysis for biomarkers of eye disorders and other diseases
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