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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Inventor, scientist, cancer researcher, and recipient of the 2012 Gordon E. Moore Award, the grand prize of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his work in creating a process to detect various types of cancer by identifying an increase in a specific type of protein in the body.  This breakthrough process has a 90% accuracy rate.
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Inventor, scientist, cancer researcher, and recipient of the 2012 Gordon E. Moore Award, the grand prize of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (and dubbed 'the Olympics of Youth Science') for his work in creating a process to detect various types of cancer by identifying an increase in a specific type of protein in the body.  This breakthrough process has a 90% accuracy rate and has astounded the scientific and pharmaceutical community.  Winner of a gold medal at international science competitions in each of his 7th, 8th, and 9th grades.  Youngest speaker ever to address The Royal Society of Medicine.
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Revision as of 20:14, 18 November 2013

Jack Andraka

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1997 -

Occupation

Scientist

Description

Inventor, scientist, cancer researcher, and recipient of the 2012 Gordon E. Moore Award, the grand prize of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (and dubbed 'the Olympics of Youth Science') for his work in creating a process to detect various types of cancer by identifying an increase in a specific type of protein in the body. This breakthrough process has a 90% accuracy rate and has astounded the scientific and pharmaceutical community. Winner of a gold medal at international science competitions in each of his 7th, 8th, and 9th grades. Youngest speaker ever to address The Royal Society of Medicine.

Further Reading/Research


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