Heman Bekele was inspired by Ethiopian workers laboring under the sun, and wanted to help ‘as many people as possible’

A middle-school teen has been named “America’s top young scientist” after developing a bar of soap that could be useful in the treatment of melanoma, a skin cancer that is diagnosed in about 100,000 people in the US each year and kills approximately 8,000.

  • @UnderpantsWeevil
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    11 months ago

    Also almost certainly doesn’t work as the headline describes.

    “Teenagers cures cancer” is shameless click bait.

    • @Cosmicomical
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      Yeah “wins award” is also ridiculous, if that was true this kid would deserve the nobel prize