Interview and story about Jack Andraka by Elisabeth Dunham for Intel
Inspired by a family tragedy, 15-year-old Jack Andraka invented a new way of detecting pancreatic cancer.
“I got into this work because my uncle died of pancreatic cancer,” says Andraka of Crownsville, Maryland. “I got interested in early diagnosis and focused on pancreatic cancer due to its extremely low survival rates. It’s really crucial to detect these diseases in their early stages when survival rates are their highest.”
The high school freshman’s innovative technology—a non-invasive paper sensor that detects whether someone has pancreatic cancer—earned him the Gordon E. Moore Award, the top prize at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF). The sensor can also be used to detect other types of cancer and infectious diseases.
Inspired by a family tragedy, 15-year-old Jack Andraka invented a new way of detecting pancreatic cancer.
“I got into this work because my uncle died of pancreatic cancer,” says Andraka of Crownsville, Maryland. “I got interested in early diagnosis and focused on pancreatic cancer due to its extremely low survival rates. It’s really crucial to detect these diseases in their early stages when survival rates are their highest.”
The high school freshman’s innovative technology—a non-invasive paper sensor that detects whether someone has pancreatic cancer—earned him the Gordon E. Moore Award, the top prize at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF). The sensor can also be used to detect other types of cancer and infectious diseases.
Read the full story here:
http://www.intel.eu/content/www/eu/en/corporate-responsibility/foundation-gordon-e-moore-award.html
http://www.intel.eu/content/www/eu/en/corporate-responsibility/foundation-gordon-e-moore-award.html