Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World

By Unknown Author.

Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World

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For the first time, teen innovator and scientist Jack Andraka tells the story behind his revolutionary discovery. When a dear family friend passed away from pancreatic cancer, Jack was inspired to create a better method of early detection. At the age of fifteen, he garnered international attention for his breakthrough: a four-cent strip of paper capable of detecting pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancers four hundred times more effectively than the previous standard.Jack's story is not just a story of dizzying international success; it is a story of overcoming depression and homophobic ...

ISBN(s)

0062369652, 9780062369659

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