Currents · Business · 2026-08-21
17-year-old Pennsylvania student Audrey Zheng develops pancreatic cancer test that correctly detects 87% of cases and rules out disease in 87.5% of people
A 17-year-old student from Pennsylvania has developed a promising blood-based method for detecting pancreatic cancer by using magnetic nanospheres to isolate tumor-derived particles from blood samples. Audrey Zheng, a senior at North Allegheny Senior High School, focused on extracellular vesicles th... A 17-year-old student from Pennsylvania has developed a promising blood-based method for detecting pancreatic cancer by using magnetic nanospheres to isolate tumor-derived particles from blood samples. Audrey Zheng, a
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