15 year old kid won $75000 for medical invention

That's great! That will really help a lot. Instead of doing several tests to determine if you had a cancer, this will just spend a few dollars (i guess). With the prize, it was huge enough for his future. I know a parent like you is more proud than you son.

oh my that kid is a genius and the same time a big help in the field of medicine. I mean being able to detect in such manner is really big. His parents must really be proud.

that is awesome!! he is really smart than anybody else at that age.

Fantastic! Let's put him to work at finding an inexpensive energy source. He might come up with something brilliant and save us a lot of money. Go Jack go! We need a smiley clapping hands for Jack.

wow, this goes to show that everything that we need to be successful in life is being taught in school. got me thinking that all we have to do it apply, be a little creative and innovative to get out little piece of success. this is truly amazing though :)

That's incredible! To think he's only 15 years old!!!!!!!!!

Respect,for coming up with a simple,accurate and effective indicator to detect the presence of a dangerous form of Cancer.. Hopefully the licensing of his patents will lead to more innovation and early detection and/or cures... I wonder with this early success would he be considering medicine or medical research as a career?

That's just awesome there! Though I would congratulate the mentors too and the parents, surely they did something there that motivated that kid to do wonders! Have a great MyLot experience ahead!

It is amazing. Some people are destined to do amazing things. I think that sometimes we push ideas to the back thinking they are silly or maybe someone else has already came up with them. It is people that find out and try that make inventors.

I hope that this method is checked furtherly and comes out as a real help. Pancreatic cancer is one of the worst there are and it would be wonderful if it´s detected at an ealy stage. If this works, the brilliant discovered should have more that that amount.

And I certainly hope that this young man will be using the money that he won from his invention for a good college because it is minds like his that the world needs in the future. I have had some ideas of things that could be used in the medical field, but I've not been able to come up with a way to execute my ideas. I wouldn't expect to win anything from the ideas, but I know that if any of them ever come to fruition, then the patients would be a lot more comfortable.

Oh man.Such huge amount for such a small kid.I wonder from where he got this idea.This is really nuts.I wonder if he can define the pancreatic cancer markers.I have been into research for a while and it is not easy that new things pop up.It takes a great deal to understand whats already been there and to build on top of it.If this kid has really got the talents,hats off.

Wow, this kid has a very sure successful future. I'm sure he's going to be a doctor. At a very young age he already knew what he wanted to do in his life. Maybe he can do more in the future. I somehow envy him. huhu~

For one congrats to this kid that is really amazing.How he came up with the idea beats me. Science Fair is a really big thing at my school and the for past three years I have never been able to come up with and idea that was even worthy of state science fair. I think that sometime the person just has to have a really love for the subject or some personal connection to the topic to trigger that one great idea. Kids like Jack Andraka are the reason why schools even have science fairs. Doctors once the start practicing are not allowed to try out new methods, but kids are basically their little research tools. We can try out any sort of crazy method that we want because we are kids and our imaginations more active. There was a kid in my city,"Tony Hansberry" who came up with a new method using laparoscopic surgery to stitch up a patient after a hysterectomy that reduces the risk of complications and reduces recovery time.