15 year old invents New Method of Diagnosing Cancer
Jack Andraka is a fifteen year old freshman in high school. He developed a paper sensor that could detect cancer in five minutes for as little as 3 cents. He conducted his research at John Hopkins University. This research could change the face of cancer and promote early detection. He has been selected as the Intel 2012 ISEF winner and has won awards at multiple national and international math competitions. Jack is on the national junior whitewater kayaking team and enjoys playing with his dog and folding origami.
Jack’s method is 168 times faster, 26000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive and has a 90% success rate.
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look… is this kid gay? cuz that’s all that matters here.
is he gay or not?
You are judging him by his speech, not his accomplishments!
I’m hoping that you just forgot to use your sarcasm font.
yes he probably is gay , for your second question before you ask no he doesn’t want to date you . have nice day !
David, remember when you first learned to walk erect? You were probably shaving at age ten. This kid is just that, he has not hit puberty yet. You probably had pubic hair when you were six. Tell me, are family reunions confusing for you?
You really have some serious problems, David!
@ David.. I am so sorry that you are so incredibly immature that you put more importance on his sexuality than this genius young man possibly saving 100′s of thousands of lives. Your words have been discounted.
Are you serious??? Who cares! This is an amazing discovery!!! You obviously do not have any personal experience with pancreatic cancer…
This is the type of question that close minded ignorance asks. I am not gay, yet I recognize this; imagine that middle America. I’m talking about the type of people that blindly follow, and latch on to, “talking points” handed down to them by conservative oligarchs. Unfortunately for our close minded friend above, he doesn’t understand that oligarchs contrive his entire ideology. He does everything in the name of the bible and freedom for America (which isn’t free people! Whatever that means) and he thinks that these are HIS hard-line original emotional beliefs, when in reality, these ideas have been implanted into his impressionable head by conservative elites who need his blind support to continue to devastate the American populace for their own short sited gains.
Never mind the man behind the green curtain. He had no chance. From the time he was born he was taken to the church down the road and told that it is virtuous to work hard and dedicate his life to a company whose ownership cares only about squeezing a few extra bucks out of him (and most of America), when these minor gains will hardly positively effect the ownership’s already hemorrhaging trust fund.
Get a freaking grip man, this wonderful kid’s sexuality has nothing to do with the fact that he is taking steps towards developing a product that will help eliminate a problem, compared to Abbot or Pfizer who only want to treat the problem because that’s where the money is. Read between the lines and use your OWN brain or move to Iran so you can be surrounded by the type of hate that is in your soul.
My husband is a Biologist and it is very difficult to get a grant even when you have a PhD, like he does. I have a feeling this boy is an Aspie…meaning Asperger’s (Autism) because of his voice, the speed and the excitement of his research and the work he put into this. Also his amazing intelligence. We Aspies (not saying that for sure this kid is but he sure seems that way to me) are the people who invented the computer, the internet and possibly, even electricity, I could go on and on. Yes David (above me), Im quite certain that a question about someones sexuality has a lot to do with a person who is trying to help find a way for people to get diagnosed with pancreatic cancer far earlier than they are now (and yes, that was sarcasm, back at you! Look an Autistic person can use sarcasm LOL). My uncle died of Pancreatic cancer, it is one of the most deadly cancers as it is not detected until, basically, its too late. I hope people are listening!
Thanks April, well said!
Wonderfully explained!
April, while I love your enthusiasm, your claims may be exaggerated. No one “invented electricity” although it’s “use” may go back to Egyptian time. The internet “evolved” from a DARPA network configuration applied to educational efforts to freely share information through a variety of data based applications named “archie”, “jughead”, “Veronica”. Or method of display became html where previously, 1994, FTP was the primary network vehicle. No one person invented these items although you may know someone that worked on the transistor breakthrough that allowed for or reduced the size of a computer from ENIAC. Boolian algebra functions were known before they were applied to electronics.
I think if we ask this youth, “the amazing intelligence” will appear to be obvious to the young man and he just applied what was already technologically available. The point of affordable education in America as is expressed here is that many more minds can be applied just as more athletes in Olympics allow that former records (limits) can be exceeded and overcome. Money or access to wealth or gender or heritage does not define educational potential nor intelligence.
America really needs an affordable education for everyone to attain their potential.
David!! Don’t be in ignorant!!! Doesn’t matter that he is gay of no, he is doing something that you can never imagine doing.
amazing kid!
How can someone come across something so amazing, and turn into something so disrespectful? It is embarrassing to the human race when people make remarks like that. Kudos, Jack, I hope your method is widely used and in turn Big Pharm can get knocked down a few pegs!
genious!
brillyunt
another technology which will be hidden away soon to never be seen again ,
much better to put you in a giant marcrowave oven and zap ya a few times
then charge ya 5000 . .
This was announced a few months ago and I wonder that we have heard NOTHING about anyone offering him mega-dollars for his product. I fear that digitalbitch may be right in that it is being hidden away and denigrated!
Why does his smile remind Steve Jobs? (8:17).
Is he reincarnated and finding cure for his own disease?
Nonsense, but I like to imagine.
How wonderful! This young man gives me such hope. I have been fighting metastatic uterine cancer for over five years. I am doing clinical trials and the ups when they work and downs when I have to find something new. When I see such an intelligent young man accomplish something like this it makes my heart smile.
You idiots with all the gay remarks probably are gay yourself and haven’t come out yet. Your life consists of making stupid remarks about something wonderful because your life has no meaning. Grow up!!!!
I hope he is gay. That way all you people who are trying to downgrade him will hopefully mature one day and realize that this “gay kid” has done more by the age of 15 then you will your whole life. He will be richer and happier than you. He will one day look at your remarks and laugh because everyone knows that your pathetic and will never amount to anything like this “kid”.
Jack. Be very VERY careful from now on. Corporate biomed and big pharma HATE this kind of thing. You have just invented something that will completely disrupt a large chunk of their revenue/profit. It’s a horrible thing to say to a 15 year old but don’t be surprised if you get blackballed out of the industry for this. You are a hero, but the greedheads don’t see it that way.
I agree with you, Hazuki, Cancer is a “cash cow” the corporate bio-medical and pharmaceutical industries.
i hate his voice so much
He has a beautiful tenor voice and could even be a counter tenor
, but what he has found is a treasure that none of those crippeled minds who have to verbalise their shit here in this shameful discussion, will ever be able to imagine. All the negative statements say nothing about the object of their absolutely unconfounded atacks but everything about their diseased, distorted and envious minds. Hazuki Azuma is absolute right, Jack is now in great danger and has to be extremely careful. I’m sure those close to him have been made aware of the high risk of “being attacked”
Spot on Florian!!! Well said!! Take care & stay safe Jack – the world needs people like you if we are going to fight Big Pharma & their cohorts!
It saddens me that so many people fixate on the irrelevant. Here is a kid that cared about what happened to a friend. So much that he actually exerted himself to not only learn about that which took away a loved one, but went further and developed a method that will save millions of lives… It would be wonderful if every person who belittled this kid could be denied access to what he created. Not only that, but if every person who does things that benefit the world and is unlike you in any way, could deny you their gift, then it wouldn’t be long before stupid, ignorant, petty people like yourselves would be gone from the face of the earth.
AWESOME Dude, just awesome.And dont listen to dickheads negative comments, there will always be twits in this world.You are the man. Please dont stop
Inspiring! And a great job! When can we see this on the market? It’s SOOO much in need. We can’t wait a minute longer!
someone please tell me, is this kid gay or what, is he GAY?
i just want to know if hes gay, that is the core issue here that im concerned about and im sure the rest of you are concerned as well
IS HE GAY GAY GAY?
He looks like Young Steve Jobs (especially when he smiles )!!…and all those asking he’s gay or not ?? (suspicious looks to them) ..and Seriously he’s genius and im 22 and i am thinking what i have done in all dese years ??
You kick ass, kid! Keep on doin yer thang