Thursday, November 21, 2013

A New Test For Pancreatic Cancer?


Did This 15-Year-Old Just Change The Course Of Medicine? Schoolboy Invents Early Test For Pancreatic pest That Killed Steve Jobs -- Daily Mail

* Jack Andraka's modern test detects pancreatic cancer earlier than several other

* Deadly disease at this time kills 19 improbable of 20 contained by five years

* He claims his invention can raise survival toll to 'close to 100 for every cent'

A 15-year-old schoolboy can save millions of lives in the same way as he make-believe a modern, low-cost test to facilitate can detect the youthful stages of a deadly form of cancer.

Jack Andraka from Crownsville, Maryland, industrial a clean dip-stick test representing levels of mesothelin, a biomarker representing youthful stage pancreatic cancer found in blood and urine.

It promises to revolutionise management of the disease, which at this time kills 19 improbable of 20 sufferers in the same way as five years - largely since its so intractable to detect until its final stages.

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My Comment: I am convinced to facilitate or being offered to the known to facilitate more taxing will need to be complete. Let's keep our fingers crossed to facilitate this is a breakthrough..

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