Sister power: Meet 33-year-old Afreen Allam – a woman, a Muslim, a CEO and inventor of ‘Carbon Dot’

A graduate of Duke University’s Fuqua Business School, SiNON Nano Sciences founder Afreen Allam has developed a new technology she calls the Carbon Dot, a nanoparticle that makes it easier to deliver toxic drugs across the blood-brain barrier, potentially ushering in breakthrough treatments for diseases like brain tumors, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s. Read more here.

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