Biotechnology & medicine
Cristoph Schaffrath
Discovered an enzyme that could enable environmentally benign production of fluorine-containing compounds such as Teflon and Prozac, which are now made via noxious chemical processes.
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Michael Elowitz
Combines existing genes to build artificial biological pathways, or "circuits," that operate inside cells.
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Smruti Vidwans
Development of drugs to assist in the battle against TB.
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Vasilis Ntziachristos
Facilitated noninvasive optical imaging of proteins and other molecules in the body, which could lead to ultraprecise diagnosis of cancer and other diseases.
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Xiaowei Zhuang
She has filmed a single influenza virus infecting a cell.