Name: A promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager
Uploaded: 2013-07-11T15:06:10Z
Duration: 10 min 35 s
Description: Over 85 percent of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than two percent chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising early detection test for pancreatic cancer that's super cheap, effective and non-invasive -- all before his 16th birthday.

Over 85 percent of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than two percent chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising early detection test for pancreatic cancer that's super cheap, effective and non-invasive -- all before his 16th birthday.

Jack Andraka: A promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager

A promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager

At age 15, a personal tragedy led to the invention of a 3-cent paper sensor that can detect pancreatic cancer in 5 minutes.

Challenging current diagnostics, this sensor is 168x faster, 26,000x cheaper, and 400x more sensitive than modern tests.

This innovation not only promises to increase pancreatic cancer survival rates but could revolutionize disease detection worldwide.