17 Year old builds program to detect breast cancer.

Habs2Hart

All I can say is WOW.

Article HERE

chelseamb11

Holy crapballs.  This deserves a nobel prize.

willywally5

No shiiit. That is amazing

jmp2004

Wow.

On a side note, her LEGO trophy was epic.

midgetthemighty

I got chills and now I'm crying at my desk.

MyUserName1

Wow.  That's amazing.  She deserves way more than 50k.

Girlie1030

Wow.  I'm guessing that girl will have her pick of any university in the world.  Amazing. 

achiduck

::Slow clap::

Incredible.

AdeleDazeem

Hey, that's neat!

The msnbc article says that it looks for patterns in the cells that humans can't see.  I'm curious what patterns she is looking for in cells.  Is it what the cells look like or can it actually detect the proteins inside cells and see what they are doing.

One of the keys to cancer research (at least the level I work) is what proteins are being expressed where and why aren't they responding to cellular cues the way a healthy cell would.  By the time a cell "looks" morphologically different, the disease is more widespread than one cell that is starting to operate poorly.

Clearly I'm interested in the methodology.  Very neat.  Thanks for sharing!  Maybe I'll write a blog post on it now!  :-)

midgetthemighty

Joy, I have a newfound respect and love for you. I didn't know you worked on cancer research.

blgrout

Holy crap.  Wow. 

All I was doing at 17 were mainly things I shouldn't have been doing.  That kid is amazing.

AdeleDazeem

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[QUOTE]Joy, I have a newfound respect and love for you. I didn't know you worked on cancer research.
Posted by midgetthemighty[/QUOTE]

Going on ten years now.  My doctoral research was on HPV (looking for drugs to treat those already infected and showing signs of cancer) and I also did some work on another major gatekeeper of cells that is knocked out in cancer (p53).

Allegedly I do cancer research now, but it's more "How does this protein work because it's really messed up in cancer!"  Haha.

Seriously - I'm googling trying to find her methods.  She's a smartypants!

jemmini6

Wow, I hope she's able to go to a great school that can really cultivate her talents.  If she is able to come up with something like this in high school, imagine what she can do with more training.

dumdumfroggie

Wow.  That's incredible.  

Also, I want a trophy like that, FI would love it.

wrigleyville

Wow. I have no words. 17?!?

I hope a good research hospital snatches her up and pays for her entire university education. This young lady is going to go FAR.

Megbo2012

Wow. That is something to be thankful for. 

WildMagelet

Wow, good for her!  I have a feeling we'll be seeing her name pop up again in the future.