Comments on: 15-Year-Old Maker Astronomically Improves Pancreatic Cancer Test

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:06:12 +0000

It is very unreasonable to rip on a prototype for its lack of performance. The point is the proof of concept, as incremental refinements belong to later stages. This is not a commercialized product.

By: dan steele

dan steele — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:51:05 +0000

I’m sad to see that many people commenting on here don’t even have a brain to share amongst themselves. The kid is 15, he’s smart, he’s well intentioned, he had a unique idea superior to anything any of you (us) have ever or will ever have in our lifetime. What are all these negative comments?? Jealousy? He’s not that smart…just look at how i fixed my shelves. I’m so smart.

Look, if the test is dirt cheap and uses 1/6th a drop of blood, line up 100 of em and i’ll volunteer my 16 drops of blood. If all 100 test positive, i’d like to see the math on that one shoot it down. Ya got cancer…its that simple.

Kudos for the kid, wishing your teenager was as smart as him rather than maybe playing World of Warcraft.

By: Stephen Knows Cancer

Stephen Knows Cancer — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:08:33 +0000

Hey, I just wanted to thank you for this post! In all honesty, pancreatic cancer gets very little exposure compared to say breast cancer or even prostate cancer, and yet the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is only 6%! I watched the video on this guy, and was blown away by the incredible method he had devised for screening pancreatic cancer! I think that since it is pancreatic cancer awareness month, it is important to spread the word about new advancements in pancreatic cancer treatments and diagnosis. That is why, in honor of this month, I wanted to share a brand new infographic on pancreatic cancer:http://www.knowcancer.com/blog/national-pancreatic-cancer-month/

By: Taniyao Firak

Taniyao Firak — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:35:38 +0000

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By: Alec

Alec — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 01:22:44 +0000

@voidwarranties: This is a warm experiment. While he does not have the tools, he understands the priniples and the workings in his head.

I say, give him enough rope to hang himself with his findings. *Shrug* it could lead to nothing. Then you win. When it leads to something, you might still win. Give the guy a break. (Maybe a yummy breakfast…you might owe him one).

However, maybe his immediate discovery leads to low results. Maybe, another scientiest will become inspired and work off of Andraka’s findings. This is how discovery has always worked. This is pretty much how science works.

By: Alec

Alec — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:58:43 +0000

Sorry, not in this mix of atmosphere. Pham is a very big business, however it does rely on innovation. If this kid has something, I only hope he has the business forsight to do more than spout percentages.

By: agogo22

agogo22 — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:58:23 +0000

Reblogged this on msamba.

By: DidYouReadWhatYouWrote

DidYouReadWhatYouWrote — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:09:39 +0000

You are aware that Doogie Howser is a TV character and therefore not real?

By: 15-year-old invents pancreatic cancer test: 26,000x cheaper, 90% more accurate, 400x more sensitive than current tests | AEIdeas

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:21:38 +0000

[...] Make: – “Maryland teenager Jack Andraka (featured in the video above) isn’t old enough to drive yet, but he’s just pioneered a new, improved test for diagnosing pancreatic cancer that is 90% more accurate, 400 times more sensitive, and 26,000 times less expensive than existing methods. [...]

By: voidwarranties

voidwarranties — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:18:16 +0000

What I want to know is where a 15 year old kid got his hands on carbon nanotube synthesizing equipment and ready access (or the money to access) a scanning electron micrograph to check his results. Not to mention the molecular libraries and manipulating tools required to build tubes with such protein specificity? Or did he win off of a proposal, and these tests are yet to be done?