On this week's Futureproof, we'll be speaking to Jack Andraka, a sixteen-year-old from Maryland, who at age 15 invented an inexpensive and sensitive dipstick-like sensor for the rapid and early detection of pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancers and won the Grand Prize at the Intel International Science Fair in 2012 with this invention.
When Jack was thirteen, a close friend of his family died from pancreatic cancer and it was at this moment that he became interested in finding a better early-detection diagnostic test. He learned that the lack of a rapid, low-cost early screening method contributed to the poor survival rate among individuals with pancreatic cancer. After thinking further about the problem, he came up with a plan and a budget to put his ideas in motion.
Jack has since been educating the masses with his research and we are very lucky to have him in studio.
You can watch his TedTalk entitled 'A promising test for pancreatic cancer... from a teenager' below:
Tune in to Futureproof, this Saturday at 10am for what promises to be a fascinating show!
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