Jack Andraka, a 15-year-old teenager invented a promising early detecting test for pancreatic cancer which is extremely cheap, simple, invasive, and effective.
Pancreatic cancer has been so hard to detect and the average survival rate when cancer is detected is approximately 2%. The current test has been ineffective, expensive, and complicated.
However, his invention could make a great change since it is possible to find pancreatic cancer easier when one has survival rate which is as high as 100% by this method. What's more, it could apply to different types of cancer in the future.
My grandpa had died of pancreatic cancer before I was born. Wish more and more people's lives will be saved by spreading this amazing method.
Here's the link to his speech at TED
http://www.ted.com/talks/jack_andraka_a_promising_test_for_pancreatic_cancer_from_a_teenager.html?utm_source=email&source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ios-share
Pancreatic cancer has been so hard to detect and the average survival rate when cancer is detected is approximately 2%. The current test has been ineffective, expensive, and complicated.
However, his invention could make a great change since it is possible to find pancreatic cancer easier when one has survival rate which is as high as 100% by this method. What's more, it could apply to different types of cancer in the future.
My grandpa had died of pancreatic cancer before I was born. Wish more and more people's lives will be saved by spreading this amazing method.
Here's the link to his speech at TED
http://www.ted.com/talks/jack_andraka_a_promising_test_for_pancreatic_cancer_from_a_teenager.html?utm_source=email&source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ios-share