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To illustrate our working principle, here we demonstrate the feasibility on the composite of SnO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> nanowires (NWs) and chicken albumen. SnO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> NWs, which merely emit visible defect emission, are observed to generate a strong ultraviolet fluorescence centered at 387\u2005nm assisted by chicken albumen at room temperature. In addition, a stunning laser action is further discovered in the albumen\/SnO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> NWs composite system. The underlying mechanism is interpreted in terms of the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) from the chicken albumen protein to SnO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> NWs. More importantly, the giant oscillator strength of shallow defect states, which is served orders of magnitude larger than that of the free exciton, plays a decisive role. 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