JACK ANDRAKA IS AN AMERICAN STUDENT WHO MADE A DISCOVERY THAT WILL AFFECT THE MEDICAL MULTI-BILLION CANCER INDUSTRY.
BORN IN CROWNSVILLE, MARYLAND, THIS YOUNG MAN INVENTED A " PAPER SENSOR " ABLE TO DETECT IN JUST FIVE MINUTES THREE TYPES OF KNOWN CANCERS, PANCREATIC CANCER, OVARIAN CANCER AND CANCER OF THE LUNGS.
WHAT SEEMS EVEN MORE INCREDIBLE IS THIS CANCER DETECTION TEST , ONLY COSTS 3 cents on the dollar AND IT IS TWENTY SIX THOUSAND TIMES LEST COSTLY , ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT TIMES FASTER AND FOUR HUNDRED TIMES MORE ACCURATE THAN THE ACTUAL MEDICAL METHODS USED TODAY AND IT HAS THE INCREDIBLE BENEFITS OF BEING NON- INVASIVE.
THE BEST PART IS THAT THIS " PAPER SENSOR ' IS ABLE TO DETECT CANCER AT THE VERY EARLY STAGES WHEN A PERSON HAS ALMOST 100 % PROBABLITY OF SURVIVING .
JACK ANDRAKA SAID AT THE BRILLIANT MINDS FESTIVAL THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME THE " PAPER SENSOR "HAS A 90 % DETECTION ACCURACY TO DETECT THESE TYPES OF CANCER IN THE BODY.
ANDRAKA IS OF THE BELIEF AND CONSIDERS THAT ONCE THE " PAPER SENSOR " IS PATENTED AND INTRODUCED IN THE MEDICAL MARKET
THE INDEX OF 5.5 % FOR SURVIVING THESE TYPES OF CANCERS WILL ULTIMATELY AND EXPONENTIALLY SURPASS THE 100 % MARK.
BY CHANGING THE ANTIBODY,THIS SAME DISCOVERY WILL UTILIZE A DIFFERENT PROTEIN ABLE TO DETECT ALZHEIMER AS WELL AS OTHER TYPES OF CANCERS AND HIV.
ANDRAKA ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING LEGAL RESTRICTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES , HIS " PAPER SENSOR " LICENSES, COULD TAKE 5 TO 10 YEARS TO BE COMMERCIALIZED.
ANDRAKA BECAME INTERESTED INVESTIGATING THE CURE FOR CANCER WHEN ONE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS DIED OF PANCREATIC CANCER.
ANDRAKA WAS ALSO A GUEST SPEAKER AT THE CITY OF IDEAS.
JACK ANDRAKA IS NOW 16 YEARS OLD .
AFTER CAREFULLY STUDYING MORE THAN EIGHT THOUSAND PROTEINS IN THE HUMAN BLOOD , ANDRAKA UNDERSTOOD ONE OF THESE PROTEINS NAMED
" MESOTELINE " IS TRIGGERED EARLY WITHIN THE CIRCULATORY BLOOD STREAM SYSTEM OF SUBJECTS AFFLICTED WITH PANCREATIC CANCER.
ANDRAKA HAD A MISTERIOUS SENSE OF KNOWING PURSUANT HOW TO DETECT THIS PROTEIN , WHEN HE WAS ATTENDING ONE OF HIS BIOLOGY CLASSES
THE EPIPHANY WAS HOW TO UTILIZE ANTI-BODIES AND CRISS-CROSS THEM WITHIN A WEB OF CARBON NANO-TUBES TO OBTAIN A " MARKER " , WHICH REACTS WITH A SPECIFIC PROTEIN.
JACK ANDRAKA SAID THIS PROCESS IS AS EASY AS BAKING CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES.
ANDRAKA SENT 200 SOLICITATIONS TO UNIVERSITY LABORATORIES AND RECEIVED 199 REJECTIONS.
ONLY THE JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SHOWED INTEREST IN ANDRAKA FINDINGS.
ANDRAKA SPEAKS OF THE MANY OBSTACLES OF THOSE INTERESTED IN SCIENCE., SINCE MOST OF THE INVESTIGATIVE MATERIALS ARE NOT ACCESIBLE TO MOST PEOPLE.
JUST THE SAME AS POP CULTURE IS ACCESIBLE TO ANYONE, JACK ANDRAKA MENTIONS HOW SCIENCE SHOULD BE EASILY ACCESIBLE AS PURCHASING A SONG FOR A PENNY
ANDRAKA ALSO ADDED THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME THERE IS A CURRENT ARISTOCRACY OF KNOWLEDGE AND MANY PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AND THAT THE RIGHTFUL ACCES TO INFORMATION SHOULD BE FOR EVERYONE AND NOT JUST FOR A FEW WHO CAN FINANCIALLY AFFORD IT.
JACK ANDRAKA COMMENTED IDEAS DO NOT DISCRIMINATE AND ARE ABLE TO REACH ANYONE INCLUDING A YOUNG 15 YEARS OLD BIOLOGY STUDENT.
ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE DISCRIMINATED.
AS A YOUNG BIOLOGY STUDENT HE SAID HE WAS ABLE TO FIND A CONCOCTIVE WAY TO ACCURATELY PROGNOTIZED PANCREATIC CANCER.
IMAGINE WHAT ALL OF US COULD AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER.
THE RESULT OF HIS HONEST AND SIMPLE ORATORY CAUSE ANDRAKA TO RECEIVE AN OVERWHELMING STANDING OVATION.
JACK ANDRAKA RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS "GORDON E.MOORE AWARD " FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ENGINEER AND SCIENCE INTEL FAIR AND HE ALSO RECEIVED THE WELL KNOWN "UNITED STATES SMITHONIAN INGENIOUS AWARD".
JACK ANDRAKA IS THE YOUNGEST SPEAKER OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES .
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