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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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Teri Odom

Patterned silicon to create minuscule "beakers" that hold only zeptoliters.

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Selena Chan

Designs nanotechnological tools to detect viruses, bacteria, and, for the first time, single molecules of DNA in medical samples.

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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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Michael Strano

Arrived at a new understanding of carbon nanotube surface chemistry.
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