A 15-year-old develops a revolutionary test for pancreatic cancer

[h0neanias]

 

"Andraka’s sensor is 168 times faster, 26,667 times less expensive, and 400 times more sensitive. It can spot the presence of the cancer-linked protein well before the cancer itself becomes invasive. This could save the lives of thousands of pancreatic cancer victims each year. The sensor costs $3 (ELISA can cost up to $800) and ten tests can be performed per strip, with each test taking five minutes." (source)

 

Meanwhile, you waste your time arguing which group is better.

[Jack Dawson]

OMG how!!!!

SO smart

 

OK I watched it. He made it all seems so simple...

He must love science....

[dinolover]

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[mglsts]

Impressive!

[bananabrows]

Wow, good for him. 

[Virgin Mary's Vagina]

His pants are too big for him 

[SchoolNote]

Wow, that's great.

[shineerox]

I feel so....unaccomplished.   

[Weez-]

Talk about determination. :-o I seriously would have given up, I wouldn't have even thought about finding a cure myself.

[Serilost]

That's brilliant!

[Allegra]

Bravo! This kid is going to help medicine make huge strides, hopefully.

[SEWER RAT]

Amazing.

 

Not trying to downplay his achievement but I find it sad that white males in general get more media and press coverage worldwide re: such instances whereas their coloured counterparts never get the same amount of coverage.

[ruppi]

Wow this is so inspiring :o

 

this kid is amazing

[Sana Muñequita Linda]

This kid deserves our utmost respect.

I just hope his test doesn't get obliterated by pharmaceutical labels, governments... which only look for their own sake. It happened with other inventions and revolutions.

[BubbleGumPop]

Generation Y 

[Sana Muñequita Linda]

"Andraka was rejected by almost 200 researchers in his search for a lab to do his nanotube strip work until one scientist at Johns Hopkins gave him the space to work"

 

That's perseverance...

[kay]

Im literally sobbing my eyes out. I swear to God, he better win every single award a person could possibly win. 

[Qri]

Wow he's amazing! 

[Chunface]

thats amazing

[Kazuma Kiryu]

LOL @ comments. ) This is a variety show. Bongsun do it for fun. People take it TOO seriously. )

[Knight_SV]

If this really help for better screening and diagnostic for pancreatic cancer then it should be applied

[mirrorpurple ���ムラサキ]

[Envied]

This kid is utterly amazing. And not throwing any shade whatsoever, but he sounds like the voice Jimmy Fallon does when he does his EW segments.

[anh.]

omg that's amazing

[renn]

that's perseverance for you! and he's also right about ordinary people having brilliant ideas.

he stood on the shoulders of giants (finding a good biomarker for a specific type (or subtype) of cancer is often very difficult) and went a step further.

I have a lot of specific questions but I'm expecting some sort of publication in the future.