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I wouldn't dismiss this work that quickly. The idea is sound and came out of the MIT Lincoln Lab and has been worked on for many years. If it's still around, it

• hprotagonist 10y ago
  that's fine, but their publication count with this guy as an author is exactly 1. In 15 years, that's called "an idea that doesn't work."
  • danielmorozoff 10y ago
    Not exactly true. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/301/5630/213.long http://science.sciencemag.org/content/301/5630/213.long Furthermore, this man worked on bio-defense stuff-- very likely a large majority of his work is not published for security reasons, as well as in startups. There are plenty of people working in science, that don't make their career goals to publish in prestigious journals. Real discoveries are rarely made at the pace required for securing tenure-track positions in academia.
    • hprotagonist 10y ago
      That is another publication of his, yes. It's not clear that it's got much to do with DRACO. In his science paper, they engineer B-lymphocytes to fluoresce when they bind to target pathogens. 300-odd citations, which isn't too bad for that field.