Gary Fitleberg, September 21, 2004

An Israeli was named among the world’s 100 top innovators.

Yaakov Benenson, 28, was commended by Technology Review’s innovation round-up this month for his research on miniaturizing medical techniques.

The 28-year-old doctoral student at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot was the first Israeli to make the annual list of top innovators put out by the review, a publication of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Benenson’s machines "represent a quantum leap not only in medicine but also in DNA computing," said George Church, director of the Center for Computational Genetics at Harvard Medical School.

Gary Fitleberg is a Political Analyst specializing in International Relations with emphasis on Middle East affairs.

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