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Ten entries, each framed around one researcher. Published March 2006. No availability field. Forward timings from body text are in entry notes. Read through a summarising fetch; medium confidence.
James Baker designs nanoparticles to guide drugs directly into cancer cells, which could lead to far safer treatments.
rank 1mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2006-001
Alexander Olek has developed tests to detect cancer early by measuring its subtle DNA changes.
rank 2mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2006-002
To avoid future wireless traffic jams, Heather "Haitao" Zheng is finding ways to exploit unused radio spectrum.
rank 3mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2006-003
Hoping to resolve the embryonic-stem-cell debate, Markus Grompe envisions a more ethical way to derive the cells.
rank 4mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2006-004
Kelvin Lim is using a new brain-imaging method to understand schizophrenia.
rank 5mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2006-005
Leading the development of a privacy-protecting online ID system, Scott Cantor is hoping for a safer Internet.
rank 6mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2006-006
Measuring the tiny forces acting on cells, Subra Suresh believes, could produce fresh understanding of diseases.
rank 7mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2006-007
Can't all our wireless gadgets just get along? It's a question that Dipankar Raychaudhuri is trying to answer.
rank 8mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2006-008
By teaching silicon new tricks, John Rogers is reinventing the way we use electronics.
rank 9mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2006-009
By creating maps of the body's complex molecular interactions, Trey Ideker is providing new ways to find drugs.
rank 10mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2006-010