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Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Natalie Artzi , Ph . D . is the lead-investigator on the project with co-principal investigator and Wyss Institute Founding Director , Don Ingber , MD , PhD .
Artzi also is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School ( HMS ) and Brigham and Women ’ s Hospital and a Principal Research Scientist at MIT .
Additional key investigators include Wyss Institute Director of Translational R & D Kenneth Carlson , PhD . a drug discovery and development specialist with extensive industry experience and Wyss Institute Core Faculty member William Shih , PhD . who developed a DNA origami platform that allows the precise and highly effective presentation of RNA drugs , cancer and pathogen-derived antigens and immune activating adjuvants to the immune system .
Shih ’ s team will provide their DNA nanotechnology approach as an additional drug delivery option .
The collaboration is another validation of the potential for enzymatic synthesis to address the needs of a rapidly expanding
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