The high school student who devised a cure for cancer ...

[garycsan]

I totally agree that encouraging kids to read scientific material but I don't see the value of trashing the Bible. If you are referring to idiots who think that the Bible is the only source of knowledge, I agree, that's stupid, but there remain invaluable lessons to be learned from scripture. Science helps us learn and live but it doesn't help us to love, Jesus does.

[ProneSyndrome]

Pretty amazing nonetheless. If this proves correct and it does appear going that way she will be rich and she will have her name immortalized in history forever. More importantly its not the money that will give her piece of mind, it will be ending much human suffering and prolonging everyones life without suffering. Science is your best friend peoples.

[patsfan947]

This is awesome and I'm not taking anything away from her, but what she designed was an alternate method of drug delivery. My brother's a chemical engineer at JHU and he toys with gold nano-particles in the same way...It seems she's taken existing ideas and changed the delivery particle (Iron Oxide)? Still incredible, but she didn't make this up out of thin air!

[Berlinh]

@patsfan947 of cours not, she is still a high school student

[tuber52]

@patsfan947 can u explain how gold nano-particles work? how it can detect the cancer cells? i honestly wish they did a more in-depth interview on her actual research instead of just talk about her accomplishments

[britturk123]

This is what should get 30 million hits not friday by rebecca black it just shows where the world is being led and that is very scary. Angela congratulations, the world needs many more like you. I do not understand the religious hatred going on this has nothing to do with this brilliant young lady.

[TheHerpaderpderp]

And Republicans want to cut public education..........

[cythixx]

If this actually cures cancer, thats a $100-1000Million idea not a $100k.

[Galactic123]

@cythixx With the amount of money that gets dumped into healthcare and cancer treatments worldwide, this would easily be a multi-BILLION dollar idea if it actually cured cancer.

[adamsapple6969]

I AM LEGEND?

[NarutoFourTails]

Beast? lms

[InCastProductions]

I read this article a while back, I appreciate that she got $100,000 for her research but I think she deserves a couple million for that idea alone while actors make that as spare change

[Craziguy33]

@InCastProductions I remember reading something about nanotechnology being used to fix cancer in 2007. So she basically just found out about this treatment, but she didn't found the idea.

[seangeeh]

iono watcha'll sayin' , but she is one hell of an asian

[costell123]

@mrclriggs no anger here..delusional people need to be laughed at and called names..it's the only way some of them can wake up from the ignorance they live in..the rest of them,well,only evolution will cleanse the planet from them...about the vitamin B17,there is a lot of controvercy around it and only more scientific research will uncover the truth...peace!!!

[swordteacher]

Cancer is only a Vitamin deficiency

60 years ago the answer to cancer was revealed by Dr. Ernst Krebb it is a deficiency of Vitamin B17 The cure being the most simple thing possible simply consuming 1-5 apricot or apple seeds/kernels a day is enough to live a life free of cancer and even cure yourself of it,type in on youtube a world without cancer and you will learn the truth

[costell123]

@swordteacher Since the early 1950s, a modified form of amygdalin has been promoted under the names laetrile and "Vitamin B17" as a cancer cure. In reality, laetrile is not a vitamin,and studies have found it to be ineffective, dangerously toxic due to its cyanide content, and potentially lethal.

[costell123]

@swordteacher The promotion of laetrile to treat cancer has been described in the medical literature as a canonical example of quackery,and as "the slickest, most sophisticated, and certainly the most remunerative [profitable] cancer quack promotion in medical history

[swordteacher]

@costell123 A doctor from the U.S. FDA once said that Laetrile contains "free" hydrogen cyanide and, thus, is toxic. I would like to correct that misconception:

There is no "free" hydrogen cyanide in Laetrile. When Laetrile comes in contact with the enzyme beta-glucosidase, the Laetrile is broken down to form two molecules of glucose, one molecule of benzaldehyde and one molecule of hydrogen cyanide (HCN). Within the body, the cancer cell-and only the cancer cell-contains that enzyme.

[swordteacher]

@costell123 Laetrile does contain the cyanide radical (CN). This same cyanide radical is contained in Vitamin B12 I remember reading in some newspaper from the 1960's or early 1970's a news release from the FDA. This release stated that there were some proponents of a substance known as "Laetrile

[swordteacher]

@costell123 who were saying that this substance was capable of forming hydrogen cyanide in the presence of the cancer cell. The release continued by saying that, if this were actually true, we had, indeed, found a substance, which was target-specific, and would be of great value to the cancer patient.

[swordteacher]

@costell123 But, the news release went on to say, the FDA had done extensive testing of this substance, "Laetrile," and found no evidence that it contained hydrogen cyanide or that any hydrogen cyanide was released in the presence of the cancer cell. Thus, they said, Laetrile was of no value.

[swordteacher]

@costell123 When it was clearly established some time later that Laetrile did, indeed, release hydrogen cyanide in the presence of the cancer cell, how do you suppose the FDA reacted? Did they admit that they were wrong? Did they admit that they had done a very inadequate job in running their tests? No! They now proclaimed that Laetrile contained hydrogen cyanide and thus was toxic

[swordteacher]

@costell123 So, here is a bureau of the Federal Government which, a short time before, had said that the reason Laetrile did not work was because it did not release hydrogen cyanide in the presence of cancer cells. Now, when they find that it does, they say that it is toxic. When offered an opportunity to present evidence of Laetrile's toxicity in Federal Court, they admitted that they had none.

[keithsstepdad]

of course she's Asian

[urrmama1]

already been tested in rats but still takes years to simply test in humans? not sure why i dont believe that...

[d3n1s323]

@urrmama1 there's a huge number of steps that one needs to go through in doing medical research like this before one can even THINK about running human trials. Need to be certain that it's safe...

[urrmama1]

@d3n1s323 people say that as if were still at step one.

[d3n1s323]

@urrmama1 just track any single drug's development and you'll see the lapse in time from testing in rodents to testing in humans. obviously not step one, but still a LONG way to go.

[costell123]

Of all the great inventions and discoveries that go to make human life easier, happier, more rich and glorious, not one can be laid to the work of theology. These triumphs all belong to science…. If man had no knowledge except what he was got out of the Bible he would not know enough to make a shoe.....

[bubby963]

@costell123

Infact I'm going to further point out your idiocy. "If man had no knowledge except what he was got out of the Bible he would not know enough to make a shoe....." now I'm not sure if you are aware but THE BIBLE IS NOT A TEXTBOOK. It is not there to teach you how to obtain power from nuclear fusion, God wants humans to figure that out yourself, it's only there to teach you about God.

[costell123]

@bubby963 I am not gonna even waste my time with fuking idiots like you...Go spread your delusions somewhere else....

[costell123]

@bubby963 How can you have a sane debate with a stupid fuck that believes in a talking burning bush?

[DHarri9977]

Let quickly analyze this, God created humans (kids) as with given humans the ability to learn and grow our knowledge which in this case is referred to as science. key words the ability to learn and grow leading to present day accomplishments.

[Nemato2]

@Tec9Ninja Because your comment sounded really dumb, I'm gonna say that you probably aren't remotely close to being as smart as her.

[Nemato2]

Her head moves and eyebrow twitches when she talks....that's weird

[Tec9Ninja]

How do I know I'm not even remotely close to being as smart as her? I laughed at the name of the contest she was in. I quit on life lol

[costell123]

How can you call yourself an atheist and say that a 'god' gave her the brain?How stupid that sounds?It was just a matter of time until the delusional idiots would troll this page....If you watched the video she says that she can't get enough of science books to read while you dumb religious fucks make your kids read those stupid creationist books.....How can you be a scientist whose inventions will change the world and believe that crazy shit?And you wonder why your kids are so illiterate.....

[bubby963]

@costell123

I'm assuming you have no knowledge of religion and are extremely uneducated. "How can you be a scientist whose inventions will change the world and believe that crazy shit?" Okay, so because a scientist invented something brilliant there is no God? Wow... now if Richard Dawkins or some other atheist said that in his next debate they'd get laughed off stage.

[bubby963]

@costell123

Secondly, "enough of science books to read while you dumb religious fucks make your kids read those stupid creationist books". So according to you because science exists religion can't? You DO know what science is right? Science is our way of explaining how things work. Science and religion work perfectly together, it's extremely easy to believe that God made science in such a way so we can use it to our benefit.

[bubby963]

@costell123

Secondly, "enough of science books to read while you dumb religious fucks make your kids read those stupid creationist books". So according to you because science exists religion can't? You DO know what science is right? Science is our way of explaining how things work. Science and religion work perfectly together, it's extremely easy to believe that God made science in such a way so we can use it to our benefit.

[bubby963]

@costell123

But you seem to believe you know everything, so, tell you what, how about you debate me on Skype? Send me a PM with your Skype username and we'll do it right now. I know you won't because most big-talking atheists are too pussy to debate, and only a few intelligent ones do. Bet you don't even know the difference between microevolution and abiogenesis -.-

[bubby963]

@costell123

Oh and just one final fail I think I'll leave you on. "And you wonder why your kids are so illiterate.....". Oh unlike someone as literate as you? Let me see "These triumphs all belong to science". Oh sorry, i wasn't aware it was a competition and you had to pick between religion and science. As I recall science and religion work perfectly together. Disagree? Well then use some evidence to back up your claim religion can only exist without science.

[mrclriggs]

Don't know about that asinine comment re: the Bible, but this kid is really pretty amazing.

I myself am atheist, but here's an argument for ya': God gave her that brain either way, as well as the parents her brought her up to think for herself and apply herself. So, does it matter if she'd also read the Bible or not??

[costell123]

@mrclriggs How can you call yourself an atheist and say that a 'god' gave her the brain?How stupid that sounds?If you watched the video she says that she can't get enough of science books to read while you dumb religious fucks make your kids read those stupid creationist books.....How can you be a scientist whose inventions will change the world and believe that crazy shit?And you wonder why your kids are so illiterate....

[tezerenler]

teacher: indian

student:chinese

future:america's

[AardvarkSagus]

That is pretty amazing, though I have one question for the poster. Why do you assume that biblical believe precludes scientific prowess?

[rippedheart]

Costell123... Do you know the girl, or her parents or something? I'm just curious how you know she doesn't read the 'damn bible'. I didn't see anything in this piece (or the couple others I watched) that said anything one way or the other about her views of the 'damn bible', 'damn koran' or 'any damn religious book'. Just curious how you know.

In either case the girl rocks and hopefully her work will benefit everybody w/ cancer someday - whether they read 'damn religious books' or not

[laurebguilbert]

This is pretty incredible.



[jeremyowens81]

self educated, not surprising with american schooling