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Andraka, Jack, 1997- author.
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Andraka, Jack, 1997-
Scientists -- Biography.
Cancer -- Early detection -- Research.
Medical innovations.
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Breakthrough [electr...
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Breakthrough [electronic resource] : how one teen innovator is changing the world / Jack Andraka with Matthew Lysiak.
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Andraka, Jack, 1997- author.
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, c2015.
Subjects
Andraka, Jack, 1997-
Scientists -- Biography.
Cancer -- Early detection -- Research.
Medical innovations.
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9780062369673 (electronic bk.)
0062369679 (electronic bk.)
Description:
1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations.
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First edition.
Contents:
Introduction: The intervention -- Growing up Andraka -- The geek in the closet -- A recipe for disaster -- The knowledge cure -- Remember the patient -- Failing upward -- Cancer paper boy -- Oh my God, we killed Morley Safer -- Breakthrough -- The school of Jack : experiments, tips, and facts.
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Teen scientist Jack Andraka chronicles his development of an inexpensive early detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancer, and recounts his own personal story of overcoming depression and homophobic bullying. Includes hands-on science experiments.--From publisher description.
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