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Dr. Pablo Valenzuela discoveries changed the face of modern medicine. He is a restless scientist (Biochemist of Universidad de Chile. Chemistry Ph.D. of the Northwestern University, and postdoctoral researcher at the University of California), and an entrepreneur by nature (he founded the biotechnology companies Chiron Corporation and BiosChile). Dr. Valenzuela developed the vaccine against Hepatitis B, sequenced the genome of the immunodeficiency virus, and under his direction, the Hepatitis C virus was discovered. He currently works at the Foundation Science and Life, searching for new drugs to treat cancer.