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Shreya Swaminathan and Linhdan Tran are carrying out a trypan assay, a protocol used to measure the number of live and dead cells in a sample. It’s one of the many procedures students learn in the Translational Life Science Technology major, which provides students with skills applicable to work in drug discovery and manufacturing.

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