Stephen Elledge, Harvard Medical School (IMAGE) Harvard Medical School Caption Geneticist Stephen Elledge has won the 2017 Breakthrough Prize for seminal work on how cells sense and repair DNA damage. Credit Harvard Medical School Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.