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17-Year-Old Wins $100K For Creating Cancer Killing Nanoparticle

Posted by samzenpus on from the does-this-count-as-extra-credit? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "17-year-old Angeloa Zhang was recently awarded the $100,000 Grand Prize in the Individual category of the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. Her project was entitled 'Design of Image-guided, Photo-thermal Controlled Drug Releasing Multifunctional Nanosystem for the Treatment of Cancer Stem Cells.' The creation is the so-called 'Swiss army knife of cancer treatment,' which allows a nanoparticle to be delivered to a tumor where it proceeds to kills cancer stem cells."

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  1. Lousy t-shirt by Artea · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cure cancer, only make 100k

    1. Re:Lousy t-shirt by ozmanjusri · · Score: 5, Funny

      Cure cancer, only make 100k

      Well, it's not like she's invented a flying car, is it?

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      "I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
    2. Re:Lousy t-shirt by GameboyRMH · · Score: 3, Funny

      Aw man this thread is depressing...

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      "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
    3. Re:Lousy t-shirt by Reverand+Dave · · Score: 3, Funny

      yeah, what he said... Now I wish I had cancer.

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      I got here through a series of tubes
  2. Designed or Created? by edibobb · · Score: 5, Funny

    I believe she only designed the nanoparticle. Actually creating it comes next semester.

  3. Re:Biology Question by mlow82 · · Score: 5, Funny

    To be completely fair, breast cancer is in the breasts whereas prostate cancer is in the anus.