Jack Andraka is among the most famous teenage boys never to have written a pop song or to have performed in a boy band. The 16-year-old is famous for his genius, developing new technology for diagnosing pancreatic, lung and ovarian cancer in the early stages. Not exactly your typical teenager.
Andraka was recently featured on 60 Minutes celebrating his life-saving work. On Monday, November 25, 2013 at 1:00 PM Eastern he will join me to discuss the future of cancer research. Watch just a few minutes to meet this remarkable young inventor and entrepreneur.
Here is a three-minute version of the interview:
Here is the full, 30-minute interview:
You can also download the interview as an audio podcast here.
Andraka has recounted his story a number of times, saying that he was inspired to seek a way to address pancreatic cancer after a close friend died of the disease. He hit on the idea for his device in biology class at North County High School in Crownsville, Maryland. He was surreptitiously reading an article about nanotubes at the same time the teacher was discussing antibodies.
This interview is the first in a series that will examine what can be accomplished in the fight to end the world's biggest challenges within the next thirty years. Andraka and I will focus on cancer. The solution to every big problem also presents opportunity; entrepreneurs will use thee opportunities to change the world. From this series of interviews, a book will emerge. For now, I'm calling the book, Thirty Years to Peace.
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