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In minimal access surgery, the abdomen is inflated to create workspace for the surgeon. The device used for inflation is outdated, according to a team of doctors and technicians. How can they get a new, smarter version to the operating theatre?

Scientist Miao-Ping Chien and her team have designed and built a completely new type of microscope. In doing so, Chien hopes to boost research into rare cancer cells. ‘We can image tens of thousands of individual cells at once.’

Thijs Spigt, Director of the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) of Erasmus MC, warns against too much openness: “On a global scale we all miss out on many billions.”