He's Only 17 Years Old, But He's Well On His Way to Curing Cancer-Teen Technorati-WIRED

Seventeen-year-old Thomas Hunt isn't old enough to vote, but he's conducting research that may one day cure cancer. Get to know the Thiel Fellow, take a tour of the lab where he's working to help make history, and find out what inspired him to get involved in cancer research.


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He's Only 17 Years Old, But He's Well On His Way to Curing Cancer-Teen Technorati-WIRED

Starring: Thomas Hunt

[Flyingmachines]

Keep it up man! Ignore these idiotic comments. Most folks don't understand, when your mind starts to work, nothing else matters.

[surfjacobson]

Coolest dude on the planet. If more people actually pursued what they are interested in and passionate about... we would start to see big changes in the world.

[Noble_Savage]

Welp, I'm 17 and doing nothing with my life :(

[word]

YOU HAVE TO TELL THIS KID TO MAKE A GO FUND ME ACCOUNT SO WHEN PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE LOST FAMILY MEMBERS CAN GO AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE IF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN SET UP AND FOR EVERYONE WHO SEEN THIS THAT KID WOULD HAVE HAD AN EXTRA 2, 000 BUCKS FOR HIS RESEARCH

[CodyCzar]

Thomas Hunt, you are a fantastic human being. Keep up the good work and know that there are a lot of us that appreciate your research. 

And thank you Tanya Jones and Aubrey De Grey for doing so much. 

[sveirbdoev]

More like he knows how to use the lab equipment I bet you he doesn't even know the stages in the cell cycle that is used to inhibit defects during the cycle.

[econogate]

What's with the fake breathing sounds while he walks?

[kannurrafeeq]

So he's the inspiration behind lex Luthor 😂😂

[tezino]

there are foods that cure cancer, they contain the vitamins that are necessary to stabilize cell growth. He thinks big, and that admirable, but if the cancer epidemic needs to be stopped, I'd say go to the food source.