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2026 BME Graduate Mark Lucas launches a start-up inspired by his late mother's illness.
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2026 BME Graduate Mark Lucas launches a start-up inspired by his late mother's illness.
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Michelle Teplensky is an assistant professor of BME. Her lab harnesses nanostructures to program the immune system, leading to better immune understanding and improved therapies to treat diseases.