Jack Andraka talks innovation, open access & life as a teen scientist on Colbert Report
abernard102@gmail.com 2013-11-02
Summary:
" ... This time it was 16-year-old Jack Andraka who sat down with Stephen Colbert to talk about the test he developed for pancreatic cancer. The winner of last year’s Intel International Science and Engineering Fair developed an antibody test in his garage and in a lab at Johns Hopkins University. Since winning the fair he’s become quite the healthcare celebrity, most recently becoming an advocate for open access to scientific research. Meanwhile, he’s shopping the pancreatic cancer test around to pharmaceutical companies ..."