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15 Year Old Creates Test For Pancreatic Cancer (Wins Intel Science fair Grand Prize)
TIME ^ | 05/23/2012 | Katherine Cooney

Posted on 05/24/2012 6:31:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 05/24/2012 6:31:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Remarkable!


2 posted on 05/24/2012 6:34:24 AM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: SeekAndFind
Amazing.
3 posted on 05/24/2012 6:36:35 AM PDT by THE_RAIDER (I'm supposed to be more angry about what Romney does with his money than what Obama does with mine)
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To: SeekAndFind

Great job kid, now patent it and make yourself some money. We need more young entrepreneurs.


4 posted on 05/24/2012 6:39:55 AM PDT by caldera599
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To: SeekAndFind

“Andraka won $100,000 in prize money, which he plans to put toward college.”

Somehow I don’t think he’ll be needing to pay for college...

Way to go, son!


5 posted on 05/24/2012 6:41:48 AM PDT by mn-bush-man
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To: SeekAndFind

He is going to put the $100,000 prize money towards college.
Somehow I don’t think he will need to worry. Top colleges will seek him out. He is a bright kid-no (Insert word)studies major for him.


6 posted on 05/24/2012 6:43:49 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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RE: no (Insert word)studies major for him.

Cancer studies? :)


7 posted on 05/24/2012 6:45:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)
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Jack Andraka's pancreatic cancer test is 28 times cheaper and about 1,000 times more sensitive than current tests. (Society for Science & the Public)
8 posted on 05/24/2012 6:48:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)
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kudos to his public school teachers for nurturing such a wonderful young mind

North County is not exactly a creme de la creme school, either


9 posted on 05/24/2012 6:51:26 AM PDT by silverleaf (Funny how all the people who are for abortion are already born)
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To: SeekAndFind

This kid and Zuckerberg should have swapped net worths.


10 posted on 05/24/2012 6:54:34 AM PDT by MatD
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Good one!! If there was such a major that actually dealt with finding a cure or early diagnosis of the various cancers it would be a perfect fit.

Most .... studies programs as you know deal with grievances and victims.


11 posted on 05/24/2012 6:54:47 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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If Obama had a son , he would look like this.


12 posted on 05/24/2012 6:58:41 AM PDT by Jakarta ex-pat
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To: Maine Mariner

your typical MBA program is mostly case studies


13 posted on 05/24/2012 7:19:00 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Maine Mariner

LOL. Very funny.


14 posted on 05/24/2012 7:21:20 AM PDT by JmyBryan
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To: SeekAndFind

And I’m sure if a Kardashian or St. Trayvon had a chance, they would’ve done this too, right?


15 posted on 05/24/2012 7:25:51 AM PDT by lado
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To: silverleaf; wintertime
kudos to his public school teachers for nurturing such a wonderful young mind

North County is not exactly a creme de la creme school, either Our public school are seriously under rated and many of the teachers are under appreciated, especially by some members of this forum.

16 posted on 05/24/2012 7:54:59 AM PDT by verga (Party like it is 1773)
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"Andraka won $100,000 in prize money"

Good Deal! Yesterday it was only $75,000. I believe this story but it sure raises a lot of questions. How the heck did he 'invent' the test and make the 'test strips' that it uses. Yesterday, they were said to cost 5 cents each - no profit in that - Big Pharma won't follow up with no profit to them!

17 posted on 05/24/2012 8:06:31 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: SeekAndFind

Ok, so good job, sonny. But WTF are the leading scientists in this field doing to have missed this? This would be a no-brainer. Duh, look for an early precursor. Something is fishy here. Let’s see, we want to detect when a skunk comes close, so lets sample for skunk smell. What am I missing?


18 posted on 05/24/2012 10:59:41 AM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the brilliant engineering minds at M.I.T. have made a critically, important discovery of a substance that solves the age old problem of getting ketchup that is stuck at the bottom of a bottle.... Stuck Ketchup Problem Solved by MIT Engineers
19 posted on 05/24/2012 11:10:51 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. - Prov 22:3)
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They’re busy working on the REALLY important stuff to make society better. See post #19.


20 posted on 05/24/2012 11:13:26 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. - Prov 22:3)
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