Scientific American names Gore "Policy Leader Of The Year"

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2006 Scientific American 50 Recognizes Research, Business and Policy Contributions to Science and Technology With Special Promise for Society

List in Forthcoming December Issue Spotlights Advances in Alzheimer's, Stem Cell Research and Other Critical Fields

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A visually impaired artist and poet who developed an artificial retina; developers of engineered blood vessels that have been successfully implanted into patients; former Vice President and environmentalist Al Gore; philanthropist-billionaires Warren Buffett and Paul Allen -- all are among a varied array of research, business and policy achievers recognized by the 2006 Scientific American 50. The list is selected by the Board of Editors of Scientific American, the nation's premier science magazine.

The former Vice President, along with MIT nanotech pioneer Angela Belcher and the environmentally-minded insurance firm Swiss Re, take Scientific American 50's three top distinctions -- Policy Leader, Research Leader and Business Leader of the Year.

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