Feng Zhang
Feng Zhang is a Chinese-American biologist born in Shijiazhuang. He is famous because of his work on CRISPR-Cas9. He’s the guy who took it from a bacterial trick to a useful tool for editing human DNA. His big leap was adapting the system to cut DNA in more complex cells. His work at MIT and the Broad Institute earned him big awards like the 2016 Tang Prize and a spot on Time’s 100 Most Influential list. His lab is still developing fresh tools like RNA-targeting CRISPR systems and gene therapies, pushing the boundaries of medicine and sparking big talks about the ethics of tweaking life’s code.
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