Angela Zhang, 17, of Cupertino, Calif., won top individual honors at the Siemens Foundation's annual high school science competition, which announced winners in Washington.
Zhang said the particle she designed improves on current cancer treatments because it delivers a drug directly to tumor cells and doesn't affect healthy cells around it. The particle is also able to release a drug when activated by a laser. The idea is still years away from being used in patients, however. Zhang says it could take 25 years between clinical trials and other steps before her research is helping patients.
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Bravo Ms. Zhang! I would like to say High School has come a long way. Too bad the rest can't follow the lead of this school. Why would anyone want to drop out when there are these types of possibilities? And may we not have to wait 25 years for a cure. May we not have to wait 25 minutes.
Does anyone actually think big pharma and the medical community is going to embrace this?
Great step for "Man Kind" in finding a cure for cancer. Why should we wait 25 years?
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