" Sementara di Indonesia orang masih ribut
dan mendiskriminasi tentang gay/lesbian,
di Amerika sana, Jack Andraka, seorang
remaja umur 16 tahun yang openly gay sudah
mampu menciptakan alat pendeteksi
kanker pankreas..."

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Standing On The Right Side Of History:
16 Year Old Jack Andraka Is ‘The
Edison Of Our Times’

“This is Jack Andraka, he is 15
years old and openly gay. He’ll
be sitting with Michelle Obama
tonight at the State of the Union.
Jack has invented an inexpensive
way for early detection of
pancreatic cancer.”

Pancreatic cancer has a five-year survival
rate of 5.5 percent, and 40,000 people
die of it each year. The diagnosis is often
delivered after the cancer has spread. “By
the time you bring this to a physician, it’s
too late,” Dr. Anirban Maitra, Professor of
Pathology, Oncology and Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering at Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine explained.
“The first point of entry would have to be
a cheap blood test done with a simple
prick…”
Jack used ordinary inexpensive filter
paper for his test strips. He bought a $50
ohmmeter at Home Depot. He and his
dad built a Plexiglas testing apparatus to
hold the strips while the current is read.
He used a pair of his mom’s sewing
needles for electrodes.

sumber : thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/standing-on-the-right-side-of-history-16-year-old-jack-andraka-is-the-edison-of-our-times/news/2013/03/23/61683