N.C. Science and Math students win national award
Published: Mon, Dec. 08, 2008 10:14AM
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closeTwo students from the N.C. School of Science and Math won a national science competition today for a project that aims to use genetics to improve chemotherapy.
Sajith Wickramasekara of Raleigh and Andrew Guo of Cary were in New York City this morning when the Siemens Foundation announced they won the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, beating five other teams from around the country.
They received the top prize of a $100,000 scholarship.
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Their project, called "A Functional Genomic Framework for Chemotherapeutic Drug Improvement and Identification," combined traditional genetics with cutting edge computational modeling to streamline the gene discovery process.
Their research has the potential to identify new chemotherapeutic drugs and greatly improve existing ones, according to the foundation.
Last month, they won the team contest at the Atlanta regional of the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology.
For winning in Atlanta, Sajith and Andrew shared a $6,000 scholarship.
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