Summary Arguing For The Proposal

Summary Arguing For The Proposal

Link: http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci-tech/teenager-crafts-early-detection-tool-for-cancer-20130301-2f9yq.html#ixzz2MKKXGCq

• ·      A teenager named Jack Andraka have discovered a cheap way to detect cancer in the organ.
• ·      He had started researcing about pancreatic cancer at the age of 13 years old.
• ·      He learned that most pancreatic victims found out that they have developed cancer way too late.
• ·      Through google and wikipedia he found out that the first step to pancreatic cancer is the existence of a particular protein, named mesothelin.
• ·      Jack had found the way out to detect cancer in a biology class, when he was reading an article under his desk.
• ·      He made paper sensors in order to detect the protein in the blood.
• ·      He had been awarded the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair grand prize and the Smithsonian magazine’s first annual American Ingenuity Award for youth achievement.