A Young Scientist at the Age of 14: What?!?

@Shavkat (141905)
Philippines
October 30, 2023 6:43pm CST
I have no doubt that some of you will have doubts about this. You read that right—a 14-year-old Virginia high school student created a soap to fight skin cancer. He is Heman Bekele, and he recently took part in the 3M Young Scientist Challenge in St. Paul, Minnesota, and earned a $25,000 prize. The young man claims that his desire for a less expensive method of treating this kind of disease was what motivated him to invent it. The contents were kept a secret, yet they can strengthen the body's cells to fight cancer and each bar of soap only costs $0.50. Have you lately heard about any noteworthy medical advancements? When you were a teenager, were you interested in science? Image Credit: media.npr.org
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Anindita Sengupta
@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
31 Oct 23
Hats off to this young scientist. Hope his soap benefits many patients. I wanted to become a doctor but couldn't because of some difficulties.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
31 Oct 23
I do hope that the invention will be used for those patients who cannot afford the expensive treatments nowadays.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
2 Nov 23
@aninditasen I can agree more. I also hope that they can find antidote to protect us from covid 19 a hundred percent.
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Anindita Sengupta
@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
1 Nov 23
@Shavkat Yes, I pray God that such scientists come to this world and do go for the people.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153529)
• India
1 Nov 23
There are child prodigies and he is one of them.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153529)
• India
2 Nov 23
@Shavkat If you were on then you would have automatically exposed those talents.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
2 Nov 23
You said it right. I wish I could be like him during my younger years.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
3 Nov 23
@allknowing  I agree. I know that I can be someone in society that others will look up to someday.
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
31 Oct 23
I haven't heard of this news yet. I am not very concerning about his age but his work. Is it true that this soap can fight skin cancer?
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
31 Oct 23
@Shavkat You are right. Fox News and New York Post also has this news and it is likely to be real.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
31 Oct 23
@youlessI hope that it would be manufactured and produce in a large amount. I hope it could be shared worldwide.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502729)
• Italy
31 Oct 23
I have read nothing of this young man in the media, kudos to him.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
31 Oct 23
He did a great job.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502729)
• Italy
31 Oct 23
@Shavkat He surely did.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135944)
• Marion, Ohio
31 Oct 23
If it works he deserves a lot more than that
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
31 Oct 23
I agree. I hope no one dares to buy the idea from him.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
31 Oct 23
I'm happy for him. His future is secure in the science world. It's a wonderful breakthrough he made with the soap. No, I haven't heard of any. No, I wasn't interested in science when I was a teenager.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
31 Oct 23
I also read from the article that he is investing the money for his education in the future. I also not into science before. Ironically, I took the major in Physical Therapy, which is related to science.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
31 Oct 23
@Shavkat Yes, it is.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
31 Oct 23
I'd be interested to know how it does that exactly but kudos to the kid. Yes science is fascinating.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
31 Oct 23
I also wanted to know how it can work to treat skin cancer.
M Cheung
@Beestring (15372)
• Hong Kong
31 Oct 23
That is great invention, but I think a lot of tests to confirm the effectiveness need to be done.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
31 Oct 23
It would not be released in public if it was not being tested. I guess they still need to have a series of test to know its effectiveness.
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