US student, 14, wins award for developing soap to treat skin cancer
US student, 14, wins award for developing soap to treat skin cancer
Heman Bekele was inspired by Ethiopian workers laboring under the sun, and wanted to help ‘as many people as possible’
Heman Bekele was inspired by Ethiopian workers laboring under the sun, and wanted to help ‘as many people as possible’
A middle-school teen has been named “America’s top young scientist” after developing a bar of soap that could be useful in the treatment of melanoma, a skin cancer that is diagnosed in about 100,000 people in the US each year and kills approximately 8,000.
Lets get 1 thing straight, no he most likely didnt invent this, a team at 3M did. You always see these stories about rich kids and how they did this amazing thing while at their internship where their dad is the lab manager/owner when in reality these companies just wanted a poster child who was just some intern that is still learning about what titration means. I would bet that the extent of this kids biochemistry knowledge is that mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
Also almost certainly doesn't work as the headline describes.
"Teenagers cures cancer" is shameless click bait.
Yeah "wins award" is also ridiculous, if that was true this kid would deserve the nobel prize
Where do you get your certainty? Do you have absolutely anything to back this up?
Don't get me wrong, the story might be shit, but, that doesn't make your opinion smell less.
I stayed at a holiday inn last night thats how I know. Do you really need proof that a 12 year old in middle school figured something out that people with PhDs have not done?
If this kid did anything other than throw shit at the wall then ill deliver a video of me eating my entire stack of textbooks from college.
Does it actually work?
Looks like it does from another article:
Heman’s mentor, 3M product engineering specialist Deborah Isabelle, said she could see the teen’s energy and passion for the project from their first meeting. She described Heman as “focused on making the world a better place for people he hasn’t necessarily even met yet.”
The soap, called Skin Cancer Treating Soap (SCTS), works by using a compound that helps revive dendritic cells, which are killed by cancer cells. Once the dendritic cells are revived, they are able to then fight against the cancer cells. In essence, it reactivates the body’s healing power, Isabelle said.
Similar creams and ointments exist, Heman said, but he doesn’t believe soap has ever been used to fight against skin cancers in their early stages.
He has a five-year plan, which includes seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Isabelle has already connected him with other scientists who specialize in medical products to help him move forward with his plans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/25/heman-bekele-skin-cancer-soap/
Soap is a rinse-off product. It'll never be as effective as leave-on ointments because the substances that actually do something will mostly be gone as soon as they're rinsed off the skin...
Sponsored by 3M. Cool, so now they can give the soap to all people living near their PFAS plants.
I believe in this guy 110% simply because of his massive Carlton vibes
Strong Carlton vibes. It’s true.
Aaaand patented. JandJ's new cancer bars require you to use the soap everyday for the rest of your life to stave off the cancer.
Let me guess, J&J is hiding the true magic cure for cancer from us all?
Of course, if you don't want to die you best spend a significant amount of your income helping the few get rich(er).
Add in some sunscreen to the soap and it will clean, prevent, and cure. A trifecta!
HeMan and the Soap against Melanoma
Wait the immortality elixir is just all soap? Always has been shoots
If he releases it for free then he’s amazing. If he tries to profit on it, then he’s part of the problem and we shouldn’t celebrate him.
There’s no way that dude is 14. Perhaps I’ve been staring at AI creepiness too long but that guy is easily mid 20’s.
Adultificaton is a common racial bias where people see black children as older than they are, it results in a number of problems for those children.
I have fallen for this bias, as a largely unconscious bias we all can fall for it. I think one of the things we can do is self check when it happens to us and point it out when others perpetuate it.
I’m not sure how to interpret this comment.
Are you saying you’ve been staring at a lot of AI generated children?
Would you like to take a seat right over there?
This is one reason why black children are killed by police at higher rates than other races, because they often look older than they actually are and people/police assume they're adults when they are not
Yea, adultificaton. Lots of peer reviewed papers written on it.
Because prodigies can't exist? Or is it some other less savoury preconception?
So this is a 21 Jump Street scenario, except with medicine?