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Kaiba remained on a ventilator for three more weeks, just to make sure everything worked.Then he went home. Soon he was playing with the family’s dog and getting into trouble, just like a regular toddler—and he hasn’t had any more problems breathing. Not very long ago, this story might not have had such a happy end- ing. Biomedical engineers such as Scott Hollister and others, however, have made a lot of progress in the field. Today, people can live longer and better lives thanks to such work. Being biomedical engineers takes them to one of the most exciting places there is—inside the human body.

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