The market needs more hi-tech companies that can develop surface engineering to meet the new and 1 ...
...... (grow) need for advanced
surfaces for laboratory items such as glass slides. This technology is needed because of the 2 ..
...... (increase) high requirements of
diagnostic testing in the fields of medicine and life sciences. The sensitivity of tests can be more than 3 ........... (double) by treating the surface of a slide with new chemical coatings.
Yet the 4 ...
.. (grow) and development of
this specialised industry has been slow. This gap in the market, however, could encourage greater research links between businesses and universities which 5 .
.. (decline in this
field in recent years. By 6 ....... increase) this kind of technical cooperation, medical diagnosis could be greatly improved.