Angela Zhang, High School Student Devises Potential Cancer Cure

January 15, 2012

While it may not have been a typical extra-curricular activity, 17-year-ancient Angela Zhang’s after college project may alter the earth. Zhang has been making headlines recently after taking house a check of $100,000 from the national Siemens science contest, and immediately it has been suggested that her research could lead to a potential cure for cancer.”I made a nanoparticle that’s kind of like the Swiss Army knife of cancer treatment in that it can detect cancer cells, eradicate the cancer cells and then monitor the treatment response. So the major aim of the project was to personalize cancer medicine,” Zhang told ABC News.The teen started reading doctorate level employment on bio-engineering when she was a freshman. She admitted it was a “small bit overwhelming” at first, however she quickly caught the hang of it, and by junior year the rest was history. Glance at More…
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