The Hidden Innovator: Jack Andraka - Boston Children's Hospital | Innovation Summit 2014

At the age of 15, this Maryland high school student developed a diagnostic method that is more than 90% accurate in detecting the presence of pancreatic cancer’s biomarker protein called mesothelin. This innovation earned Jack the 2012 Gordon E. Moore Award at Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair and The Smithsonian American Ingenuity Youth Award.

Andraka will discuss the journey to creating a pancreatic cancer sensor and how open access to scientific journals can help people around the world create solutions to problems in their own communities.