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Langer examines biomedical engineering future
02-15-2008 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer speaks about the great challenges facing biomedical engineering as part of a panel announcing the report "Grand Challenges of Engineering" at the annual meeting of the AAAS in Boston on Feb. 15.
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