Jack Andraka: Detecting Cancer

3,382 views · Published 12 February 2013 · 8:05 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: Chicago Ideas · 2013 · People & Blogs

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Jack Andraka was not your typical 15-year-old. His Google search on pancreatic cancer turned into a journey to invent an inexpensive, accurate device to detect the disease. Hear how "hard work and a bunch of failures" helped this teenager change the medical diagnostic industry.

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