Here is an excerpt:
Law is currently part of a team at the
“This is basically a job for me, but I don’t get paid,” he says. “I spend, sometimes, 10 hours a day at the lab on weekends.”
The research focuses on using a patient’s own immune system to defeat cancerous tumors of the nervous system. In theory, scientists can extract cells and prod them to express certain genes and become embryonic-like, at which point they could be easily converted into other types of cells. In this case, the cells would be “morphed” into the original tumor cell. The tumors are subsequently incorporated into immune system cells from the patient’s own blood. When this mixture is injected back into the patient’s body and teaches the immune system to recognize cells as harmful, destroying them.
The article continues to detail Law's experiments, his commitment to the projects, his applications for college, and how ahead of the curve he is for only being 17 years old.
To read the full article, visit this link: The Kid Helping Cure Cancer
Thanks to Christine Marcelo for bringing this to our attention.
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