Posted 12 months ago with 351 notesJack Andraka (center), a 15-year-old student from Maryland, came up with a paper sensor that detects pancreatic cancer 168 times faster than current tests. It’s also 90% accurate, 400 times more sensitive, and 26,000 times less expensive than today’s methods. In short: It’s a lot better.
Andraka was inspired to focus on pancreatic cancer because a friend’s brother was killed by the disease. “I became interested in early detection, did a ton of research, and came up with this idea,” he says.
LIKE A BOSS.
kid is going to be set for life? I do…
well done, sir. we need many more like you.
damn.
So awesome!
AND JUST LOOK AT EM … LOOOK AT EM (patrick...sponge bob voice) lol #SALUTE
This is so inspiring!! -Eduardo Atjian II
I am proud of the kid, very much so. The medical industry should be ashamed...2012...