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LANGER'S LIVING LEGACY. ""[One] thing I feel very proud of is how well our students have done. Well over 200 have gotten great faculty positions. Several hundred have gone into the biotech and medical device industry and have done great [or] started companies."" " http://lnkd.in/d8PUbbR View in LinkedIn

NANO DNA BUILDING BLOCKS. "McGill researchers have succeeded in finding a new way to manufacture nanotubes, one of the important building blocks of the nanotechnology of the future. Their building material? Biological DNA."" " http://m.phys.org/_news158858442.html View in LinkedIn

LANGER'S LIVING LEGACY. ""[One] thing I feel very proud of is how well our students have done. Well over 200 have gotten great faculty positions. Several hundred have gone into the biotech and medical device industry and have done great [or] started companies."" " http://lnkd.in/d8PUbbR View in LinkedIn

DNA ORIGAMI "is a technique that allows scientist to use DNA molecules as programmable building blocks. The new concept of turning DNA origami into a radical new drug delivery system. In Dr. Bachelet’s recent publication ‘Designing a bio-responsive robot from DNA origami‘ his team was able to take the genome of a virus as the primary building block of his structure and create a cage like scaffolding that has the capability to house life promoting drugs such as antibiotics and chemotherapy medicines."" " http://lnkd.in/dTNuUTK View in LinkedIn

LANGER STRADDLES ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY. "Some hard-core academics might bristle at working with industry. But Langer has deftly straddled both those worlds and blueprinted how professors can play a role in advancing their discoveries to patients. Langer has close ties with the venture community, particularly Polaris Venture Partners, which has invested $225 million in 19 Langer-related startups through January, 2013."" " http://lnkd.in/dt7z8cJ View in LinkedIn

SYNTHETIC DNA HAS MANY USES, "A synthetic DNA could be designed which codes for molecules engineered in the lab, that have specific bodily functions. Applications of synthetically designed molecular networks in the world of medicine are practically endless."" " http://lnkd.in/djVpjGV View in LinkedIn

BOB S LANGER founded 21 biotech companies: Acusphere, AIR, Arsenal, BIND Biosciences, Blend Therapeutics, Enzytech (Acq. by Alkermes), InVivo Therapeutics, Kala, Living Proof, Microchips, Moderna, Momenta, Pervasis, Pulmatrix, Selecta Biosciences, Seventh Sense, Sontra Medical, Taris, Transform, and T2."" " http://lnkd.in/dmQtbTe View in LinkedIn

LIVING COMPUTER. W.L. Ditto, in 1999 "created a biocomputer composed of leech neurons at Georgia Tech which was capable of performing simple addition." (Reported by J Peasmould Gruntfuttock in 2001). " " http://lnkd.in/d3s2QSs View in LinkedIn

MIT'S BOB LANGER; Forbes calls one of top 25 people in biotech. "Robert S. Langer is the David H. Koch Institute Professor ( being an Institute Professor is the highest honor that can be awarded). Dr. Langer has written over 1,200 articles. He also has 815 issued and pending patents worldwide. Dr. Langer’s patents have been licensed or sublicensed to over 250 pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology and medical device companies. He is the most cited engineer in history."" " http://lnkd.in/dj5AQtv View in LinkedIn

ENDLESS DNA APPLICATIONS. "Chemical Programming Language May Enable the Development of Synthetic DNA. Applications of synthetically designed molecular networks in the world of medicine are practically endless." (Oct 7, 2013)." " http://lnkd.in/djVpjGV View in LinkedIn