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MIT affiliates win 2026 Breakthrough, New Horizons prizes
June 08, 2026
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 8 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:

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MIT affiliates win 2026 Breakthrough, New Horizons prizes

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A number of MIT affiliates were recently honored for their research by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.

Stuart H. Orkin '67 shared a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences with Swee Lay Thein for their research transforming sickle cell disease and beta-thalas . . .

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