Assertion: streptomycin's discovery | /r/CapableOf | open the way
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value: for more precise diagnostic tests
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value: for spectacular advances in biomedical engineering
type: PURPOSE
value: for more effective therapies
type: PURPOSE
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text: New discoveries in biochemistry and physiology opened the way for more precise diagnostic tests and more effective therapies, and spectacular advances in biomedical engineering enabled the physician and surgeon to probe into the structures and functions of the body by noninvasive imaging techniques such as ultrasound (sonar), computerized axial tomography (CAT), and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).