A promising test for pancreatic cancer … from a 15-year-old

Een mooi voorbeeld van innovatie!

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JULY 11, 2013 TODAY’S TED TALK Jack Andraka: A promising test for pancreatic cancer … from a teenager 10:49 minutes · Filmed Feb 2013 · Posted Jul 2013 · TED2013 Over 85 percent of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than two percent chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising early detection test for pancreatic cancer that’s super cheap, effective and non-invasive — all before his 16th birthday. A paper on carbon nanotubes, a biology lecture on antibodies and a flash of insight led 15-year-old Jack Andraka to design a cheaper, more sensitive cancer detector. Watch now » QUOTE OF THE DAY “ I think people have been obsessed with the wrong question, which is, ‘How do we make people pay for music?’ What if we started asking, ‘How do we LET people pay for music?’” Amanda Palmer Amanda Palmer: The art of asking Become a Fan on Facebook Follow us @TEDNews | @TEDTalks News, speakers, Q&As and more: TEDBlog Get the TED app for iPhone, iPad, and Android

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