He was able -- with the help of doctors and biomedical engineers -- to make a compelling case that his Cheetah blades didn't give him any advantage on the field.

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Biomedical engineers, for instance, are in great demand by device makers who produce things like artificial limbs and imagining machines, and companies looking to do gene testing and to make new drugs.

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