I studied both biomedicine and engineering at MIT, including coursework at Harvard Medical School, and spent my career inventing novel biotechnology projects by combining molecular and cellular biology tools with a systems engineering approach. In 1997 I joined MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the MIT Center for Cancer Research and invented the CANARY biosensor, which uses genetically engineered lymphocytes to identify pathogens within seconds with very high accuracy and sensitivity. I engineered and demonstrated the first CANARY cell lines, as reported in my widely publicized 2003 Science paper. I invented the DRACO antiviral approach, designed the therapeutics and experiments, personally conducted many of the in vitro and in vivo experiments, and recruited and supervised a team in carrying out the rest. My DRACO research has been called “visionary” by the White House (National Bioeconomy Blueprint, April 2012, p. 9), named one of the best inventions of the year by Time magazine (November 28, 2011, pp. 58, 78), and featured on the BBC Horizons TV program (2013). DRACOs work to target the dsRNA that virtually all viruses make and initiate apoptosis (cell suicide). For more information on the science and the results of previous DRACO experiments, see the article published in PLOS ONE: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0022572 I will be back at 1 pm EST (10 am PT, 6 pm UTC) to answer your questions, ask me anything! UPDATE: This AMA is now closed. Thank you for your questions. I will continue to check this page intermittently and respond to any questions.