George Whitesides Biography

Someday Harvard chemistry professor George Whitesides will take the time to look back on the 950 scientific articles he's coauthored the dozen companies he's co-founded or the 50-plus patents on which he's named. (He works in four main areas: biochemistry materials science catalysis and physical organic chemistry.) In the meantime he's trying to invent a future where medical diagnosis can be done by anyone for little or no cost. He's co-founded a nonprofit called Diagnostics for All that aims to provide dirt-cheap diagnostic devices to provide healthcare in a world where cost is everything.
Among his solutions is a low-cost lab-on-a-chip made of paper and carpet tape. The paper wicks bodily fluids -- urine for example -- and turns color to provide diagnostic information such as how much glucose or protein is present. His goal is to distribute these simple paper diagnostic systems to developing countries where people with basic training can administer tests and send results to distant doctors via cameraphone.
Most of the world is self-assembly. We are self-assembled systems.

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