From the origins of life to a new approach to pharmaceuticals, Moran Frenkel-Pinter explores the processes and potential of chemical evolution.
For as long as she can remember, Moran Frenkel-Pinter has attempted to piece together puzzles both small and large such as how basic things function and how the world works. In a sixth-grade science project, she was determined to engineer purple strawberries and cows that produce chocolate milk. Three years later, when a friend’s mother spoke to her class about genetic engineering, she realized for the first time that nothing is set in stone, that humans can chart their own biological path. Read more in Aperio.