82 Time November 25, 2019
FAST FACTS
HOMETOWN
LIMA
BEST KNOWN
FOR
FINDING NEW
WAYS TO RID
THE BODY
OF DRUG-
RESISTANT
BACTERIA
INVENTING NEW WAYS TO
FIGHT INFECTION
SILVIA CABALLERO | 34
This year, up to 2 million Americans
will contract drug-resistant bacterial
infections. Microbiologist and immu-
nologist Silvia Caballero wants to do
something about that. After graduat-
ing from Weill Cornell Medical College
in 2009 and going to work at Memo-
rial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, she
developed a type of lab mouse whose
gut replicates the human systems in-
fected by drug-resistant bugs. She then
turned the bodies of the mice against
the invaders, discovering natural bac-
teria within the gut that could beat
back the infection. Now working for
Vedanta Biosciences in Massachusetts,
she heads the company’s multi drug-
resistant organism decolonization pro-
gram, whose goal is to do for people
what Caballero did for the mice. Her
treatment protocol could go into early
trials in two years. —Jeffrey KlugerLATE-NIGHT
SUPERWOMAN
LILLY SINGH | 31
By Jimmy FallonWhen Lilly Singh announced in
March that she was getting her
own NBC late-night show, the
first thing I thought was ... Oh
God, it’s not my show, is it?
But Lilly’s new gig is all
hers—and she earned the hell
out of it. I’ve been her fan for
years, and I’m always amazed
by how hard she works. She
built an empire before she was
30 years old! That doesn’t
happen without hustle. And
even better, she did it by being
herself. You don’t rack up
millions of fans all over the
world without being someone
people can relate to. And people
can tell Lilly’s real. That’s
how she’s built the incredible
brand she already has, and
that’s just one of a hundred
reasons why she makes a great
talk-show host.
As one of the 17 Jimmys
currently hosting a late-night
show, I’m so excited we’re
finally adding a Superwoman to
the lineup. And for God’s sake,
people. It’s about time.
Fallon is the host of The Tonight
Show Starring Jimmy FallonCRYPTOCURRENCY
EVANGELIST
BRIAN ARMSTRONG| 36
As an engineer at Airbnb several
years ago, Brian Armstrong
watched as the company
suddenly turned off listings
from Cuba to comply with U.S.
government policy, and Cuban
hosts lost a link to the global
economy. What if there were a
way, he wondered, for people to
exchange goods and services with
less government interference?
Eight years later, Armstrongis the co-founder and CEO of
Coinbase, which enables some
30 million customers to buy
and trade digital currencies like
Bitcoin and Ether, which aren’t
directly linked to the monetary
policy of any one country.
While the long-term impactof cryptocurrency is still uncer-
tain, Armstrong says an economy
with widespread cryptocurrency
adoption offers more opportunity
than the current system. It’s one
reason that last year he unveiled
GiveCrypto.org, which seeks to dis-
tribute digital currency to people
in poverty. ÑAlana Semuels