Scientist Profiles

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Kristin Baldwin: Milestone Stem Cell Work that Opens the Door to Exciting New Therapies
Phil Baran: Converting Compounds Derived From Nature to New Drugs
Carlos Barbas: Boldly Developing Groundbreaking Therapeutics for HIV and Cancer
Dennis Burton: A Pioneer in HIV Vaccine Research
Holly Cline: Innovative Approaches to the Study of Developmental Neurological Disorders
Ben Cravatt: In Search of New Treatments for Chronic Pain, Nervous System Disorders, and the Most Pressing 21st Century Diseases
Brunhilde Felding-Habermann: Interfering with the Spread of Breast Cancer and Melanoma
Joel Gottesfeld: Dedicated to Research of Promise for People with the Devastating Disease Friedreich's Ataxia
Jeff Kelly: Homing in on New Drugs to Fight Neurodegenerative Diseases
George Koob: In Pursuit of Treatments for Alcoholism
Kevin Morris: Manipulating the Function and Power of Genes to Treat HIV and Cancer
Ulrich Mueller: The Future of Deafness Research
Jim Paulson: A Global Leader in Unraveling the Mysteries of Sugars and Their Impact on Disease
Dan Salomon: A Quest to Improve and Extend the Lives of Kidney, Liver and Islet Transplant Patients
Erica Ollmann Saphire: Fighting Deadly Viruses in the Deep Reaches of the African Jungle
Paul Schimmel: Academician and Entrepreneur
Beth Thomas: Advancing Discoveries to Relieve the Suffering Caused by Psychiatric and Neurodegenerative Disorders
Peter K. Vogt: A Groundbreaking Pioneer in Cancer Research