{
  "id": 6735163,
  "title": "Meet the under-35s shaping the future of biotech",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/meet-the-under-35s-shaping-the-future-of-biotech-6735163",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-11T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MIT Technology Review",
    "slug": "mit-technology-review",
    "url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/11/1143834/meet-the-under-35s-shaping-the-future-of-biotech/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Five young innovators are transforming the biotech landscape this year, according to MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators Under 35 list. Their work includes lifesaving advancements, such as Paschal Kija's postpartum hemorrhage prevention device, and groundbreaking \"age reversal\" technologies.\n\nKija, a 28-year-old, created a $70 device called Mkanda Salama, which stops postpartum bleeding in 73% of women within 20 minutes. Meanwhile, Xiao Yang, a 34-year-old, is developing ultra-small, flexible \"neuron-like\" electrodes that reduce damage to surrounding brain tissue and can study brain cells in a lab. Inspired by kirigami—traditional Japanese paper-cutting—Yang's electrode sheets take on a honeycomb, spiral basket structure.\n\nKyle \"KJ\" Muldoon Jr., 26, received a personalized gene-editing therapy to treat his rare, potentially fatal genetic disorder. Developed by fellow innovator Sarah Grandinette, the therapy corrected a genetic misspelling in KJ's cells and showed promising results in mice and monkeys.\n\nYuancheng \"Ryan\" Lu, a 34-year-old, and his colleagues demonstrated a reprogramming therapy that reversed vision loss in aged, blind mice. Life Biosciences, the company behind the drug, recently began testing it in humans with eye disease. Lastly, Samuel King, 27, used AI to create new genetic blueprints for bacteriophages, tiny viruses that can infect bacteria. In experiments, King found that AI-designed viruses could create copies of themselves, burst from bacterial cells, and infect other neighboring bacteria. He hopes these AI-designed life forms could eventually be used to make drugs or clean up pollution.",
  "summary": "Every year, MIT Technology Review puts together a list of some of the brightest and best young minds working across science and technology. Our 35 Innovators Under 35 are the ones to watch—people whose research and technical work stands to shape the future of their fields. This year, the list includes nine people who are…",
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        "outlet": "MIT Tech Review Biotech",
        "title": "Meet the under-35s shaping the future of biotech",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/meet-the-under-35s-shaping-the-future-of-biotech",
        "published": "2026-09-11T09:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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