17-Year-Old Cancer Researcher Already Making an Impact | National Geographic

Published: 08 January 2015
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After a close family friend died of pancreatic cancer, 15-year-old Jack Andraka began working on a way to help future patients. Now 17, Jack is a 2014 National Geographic Emerging Explorer who studies cancer diagnostics. He has developed a promising test to detect early signs of cancer.
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