As the world’s population ages, cheap, durable and safe artificial limbs will become ever more important.
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Newcastle University
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Senior lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer, Immunology, University of the West of Scotland
