Jack Andraka, Gordon E. Moore Award Winner

Jack Andraka was awarded USD 75,000 for his development of a new method to detect pancreatic cancer.

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  Education

[galexandru]

Well done!

This is how future researchers are born, through curiosity and ambition.

And because his thinking was not yet boxed in and focused on achieving imposed goals, he could be free in finding a new method.

[zackdelarocha8]

Thanks for your contribution to humanity. You've done more than most of us will in our life times.

[James Depp]

Sometimes early detection is the cure.

[whyey]

Go Jack!

[Azure Shade]

not a cure for cancer, but an early detection system that's affordable and will be easy to obtain. this type of cancer is hard to diagnose in the early stages. Usually people are diagnosed only after it's spread to other places/organs in the body. (which is why it has such a high death rate) Having a way to detect it when the cancer is still contained in a small area will help save countless lives though. this young man is freakin brilliant. I can't wait to see what he comes up with next

[Muhammad Yasin]

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[graykitty92]

His parents must be so proud of him! =) I KNOW I AM!!

[MiReLaNi]

Well done!!!! It's amazing how young he is & yet how big is his discovery! ^_^

[HorrorAngel666]

There seems to be 2 choices: 1.Smart people seem to be born that way and the others may never catch up. 2.To nurture the childs brain it needs educational stimulation from 0-6 more than 6-18. Of course this is my own research , but its not funded or approved by the govt and may be done by someone who has heard what you are saying in their own life. You can see where 6 year old musicians a become prodigy's, and science says the babies brain develops faster.

[TheFatCampCrew]

How does someone become this smart in only 15 years?? Amazing.

[irelandsheart]

You are amazzzzzzing !!!!!!!! I know you can also come up with a cure for cancer. Take the one thing to being a cure and work on it. I am proud of you and God Bless You and Your Family.

[HotShot899]

A cure for cancer.