A 15 year old boy called Jack Andraka has discovered a way to find pancreatic cancer. Jack from Maryland in America has made this so because Steve Jobs died of pancreatic cancer. This invention costs three cents and takes five minutes. Last month when he won 75 thousand dollars at the intel science fair he said that a friend died not that long ago which devastated him. Thanks to the test Jack hopes that patients could get a better chance to live and find help when it is to late. The test can also be used to find lung and overian cancer. The test works by having a drop of blood on a test strip which will determine if they carry the disease or not. The test is similar to diabetic tests. The test is 90% accurate but they are still working on it so that it will be 100% accurate.
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