Biotechnology & medicine
Shana Kelley
Builds nanoscale electrochemical and electrical sensors to detect medically relevant gene sequences and proteins.
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Frank Lyko
Aims to reprogram cancer cells to be more like normal cells by developing compounds that block the aberrant modification of DNA in cancer cells.
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Colin Hill
Aims to more than double human trials success rate by virtually prescreening drugs in computer models of human cells.
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Michael Elowitz
Combines existing genes to build artificial biological pathways, or "circuits," that operate inside cells.
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Yaakov Benenson
He wants to replace physicians with molecular machines that diagnose and treat diseases with phenomenal precision.