15 Years Boy Develops 100% Accurate Cancer Test Using Google

One of Thomas Edison’s great quotes is “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” Edison lived this statement daily in the process of creating the light bulb. Thomas Edison made his own hand blown glass bulbs, tried 3,000 different theories of creating an element that would lower the amount of electrical power required to power a light bulb, and tried more than 6,000 types of filament to extend the life of a light bulb for more than a few hours.

It was in 1880 when he created a 16 watt bulb that burned for 1500 hours. Not many of us have the kind of drive and determination to stick with something you know it will work, even though you experience failure after failure. Yet those are the individuals that carve a path to the future.

Jack Andraka a 15 year old boy from Crownsville, Maryland is living this famous quote by Edison. A friend of Jack, who was more like an uncle to him, died of pancreatic cancer. Therefore he decided to be more proactive rather than just accepting the situation.

He came to conclusion that the problem was a lack of early detection tests. So he decided to come up with a test to detect cancer in its earliest stage. Unfortunately, the Pancreatic Cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths 34,000 lives a year due to the fact that the cancer disease is usually detected late in its progression and has an extremely low survival rate after diagnosis.

Other factors are also the 60 years old and expensive ($ 800) testing methods and they miss 30% of all pancreatic cancers.

Why is Andraka’s Test Different?
The test Jack developed is:

• 168 times faster
• 26,000 times less expensive
• 400 times more sensitive than the current standard of detection
• He did his research using Google and Wikipedia as his primary research tools — online resources that are available to virtually anyone on the planet with an internet connection.
• The cost for his test: Three cents
• It takes five minutes, and has a 100 percent accuracy rate. Compare that to the current testing methods are 60-year-old technology, costs about $800, and misses 30 percent of all pancreatic cancers. 

Please take the time to watch the video below.

Source: theheartysoul