August 29, 2008

ATLANTA (AP) -- A Georgia Tech chemistry professor is getting the
nation's highest science honor for his work in nanotechnology.
Mostafa El-Sayed will receive the National Medal of Science
during a ceremony at the White House on Sept. 29. El-Sayed is being
honored for his research on the electronic and optical properties
of nano-materials.
He is working with his son Ivan, a San Francisco doctor, to
develop special nanorods that bind to cancer cells and make them
easier to detect so lasers cans destroy them without harming
healthy cells.
University System of Georgia officials said El-Sayed is only the
second Georgian to ever receive the honor. G.W. Burton won the
medal in 1982 while working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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