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Nanotechnology Brings Big Change

Nanotechnology is small stuff. But it has the potential to bring big change to Northeast Ohio. Nanotechnology is revolutionizing medicine, manufacturing and more. Monday on 90.3 we’ll talk about the breakthroughs in materials that bring us new techniques for spinal surgery, pacemakers for the brain, relief for back pain and more, all thanks to research being done right here.Med Nanotech Conference - Dr. Shuvo Roy, Co-Director of the BioMEMS Laboratory at the Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute; Dr. Edward Benzel, Chairman of the Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute; Dr. Donald Gibbons, a retired Corporate Scientist from the 3M Biosciences Laboratory and former Professor at Case Western Reserve University. Nanotech in Industry - Dr. Oleg Laverntovich, Kent State University, director, Liquid Crystal Institute & Chemical Physics Program; Professor Frank Kelly, University of Akron, Dean of School Polymer Science