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Nanotechnology & materials

Darrell Irvine

Crafts nanoparticles that would release chemicals inside the body to "program" immune cells to combat viral infections like HIV, to tolerate transplants, or even to destroy malignant tumors.
Year Honored
2004
Organization
Assistant professor, MIT
Region
Global

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Kinneret Keren

Exploits biology-based self-assembly to build molecular electronics. She created a self-assembled molecular-electronic device -- a carbon nanotube transistor -- using a DNA template.

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Michael Strano

Arrived at a new understanding of carbon nanotube surface chemistry.

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Ravi Kane

Created a highly potent anthrax treatment in which each drug molecule blocks multiple toxin molecules rather than just one.

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Dustin Carr

Creates nanoscale silicon devices that can detect subatomic-scale movements.
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