[Razor Ramon HG]

Calif. HS student devises possible cancer cure - CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57358994/calif-hs-student-devises-possible-cancer-cure/)

If you ever worry about the future of America, there is no need: it is in good hands. A high school student named Angela is proof of that. We think you'll agree she is nothing short of amazing. CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman met her on the road.
Born to Chinese immigrants, 17-year-old Angela Zhang of Cupertino, California is a typical American teenager. She's really into shoes and is just learning how to drive.

But there is one thing that separates her from every other student at Monta Vista High School, something she first shared with her chemistry teacher, Kavita Gupta.

It's a research paper Angela wrote in her spare time -- and it is advanced, to say the least. Gupta says all she knows is its recipe -- for curing cancer.

"Cure for cancer -- a high school student," said Gupta. "It's just so mind-boggling. I just cannot even begin to comprehend how she even thought about it or did this."

"I just thought, 'Why not?' 'What is there to lose?'" said Angela.

When she was a freshman, she started reading doctorate level papers on bio-engineering.

"At first it was a little bit overwhelming," said Angela, "but I found that it almost became like a puzzle, being able to decode something."

By sophomore year she'd talked her way into the lab at Stanford, and by junior year was doing her own research.

In a lab area, Hartman asked Angela: "Try and make it for a feeble mind, such as this one, to understand."

Angela: "So I made something that's an iron-oxide, gold dangle...

Hartman: "You lost me." (laughter)

Eventually, here's what he did get.

Angela's idea was to mix cancer medicine in a polymer that would attach to nanoparticles -- nanoparticles that would then attach to cancer cells and show up on an MRI. so doctors could see exactly where the tumors are. Then she thought shat if you aimed an infrared light at the tumors to melt the polymer and release the medicine, thus killing the cancer cells while leaving healthy cells completely unharmed.

"I think it was more of a -- 'This is really cool, I want to see if it works' -- type thing," she said.

"And when you found out it did..." asked Hartman.

"That was pretty amazing."

It'll take years to know if it works in humans -- but in mice -- the tumors almost completely disappeared.

Angela recently entered her project in the national Siemens science contest. It was no contest. She got a check for $100,000 and promptly bought about a dozen more pairs of shoes.

"I got these shoes because they're purple and I didn't have purple yet," she explained.

Easy to forget, she is still high school. It's just her dreams that keep graduating.

"I'm excited to learn just everything possible," she said. "Everything in the sciences -- biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, even computer science -- to make new innovations possible."

Pretty big flats to fill. How will she top her cancer discovery? We can't wait.

[J____]

incredible

[boatcaptain]

doctor-asian level 99!!

[Hehe]

Fuck... and to think what I was doing when I was a HS senior. :fuckthatshit:

[FerrariEnzo]

Fuck... and to think what I was doing when I was a HS senior. :fuckthatshit:
Kids these days... they will surprise you

[Death2Theft]

Watch her get killed or law suits coming to shut her down.

[Soundy]

You know you're getting old when you start using phrases like "Kids these days..."

[satek]

no matter how great you think you are at something, there's always an asian that is better. :lawl:

[yot065]

lol damn looking at these kids doing amazing things makes you regret how must time you wasted lol

[MG1]

Kids these days... they will surprise you

Actually kids these days (overall) suck ass. So many stupid ones out there - smart asses. However, despite lousy parenting, teachers, and messed up society, the cream always rises to the top. And thank god for that. As long as we recognize and support the bright ones (ones who make a difference), we will continue to survive.

Gotta love LA........ the brightest and the most promising, living among the dumbest on the planet.

Back to the kids these days, topic. When you compare what kids, lets say 10, 20, 30 years ago could accomplish, with the ones of today, there is no comparison. Kids these days have no critical thinking skills, social skills, or ethics. And, you cannot really blame the teachers too much, either - when kids show up at the doorstep not knowing how to spell their name, read, write, tie their own shoelaces, etc. What can you expect? So many kids are fetal alcohol, malnourished, abused, etc. Babies left unattended in their cribs, wallowing in shit, staring at bare walls and ceilings, with nothing to stimulate their minds, while mommy and daddy drink themselves to oblivion, take drugs, and fight all day long.

/rant.

[MG1]

no matter how great you think you are at something, there's always an asian that is better. :lawl:

We have more than our share of dumb ones out there. Trust me. I work with a lot of doozy's.

[b0unce. [?]]

no matter how great you think you are at something, there's always an asian that is better. :lawl:

or... no matter how great you think you are at your job, there's always an 8 year old asian kid who can do it better, and is willing to work for less. :okay:

[sindragon]

old news but great news nevertheless :D

[CorneringArtist]

http://memegenerator.net/cache/instances/400x/12/12943/13253839.jpg

Jokes aside, this would be impressive if it got to a mass-use level.

[Meowjin]

shat

[seakrait]

Her future is set.

[sindragon]

finds a cure to cancer

?????

profit goes into shoes and driving lessons

:lawl:

[Jboii59]

wooow

[see.lai]

17 year old thinks about curing cancer?
I thought about playing my CS1.6 and dota all day..

:okay:

[xilley]

pic of angela zhang?

nvm.. http://www.themarysue.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/AngelaZhang.jpg :heckno:

[TheKingdom2000]

^Honestly, with some make up and some different clothes she could probably look okay to decent!

And who cares what she looks likes? She'll probably save one of my future kids kids one day =D

[taylor192]

Actually kids these days (overall) suck ass. So many stupid ones out there - smart asses. However, despite lousy parenting, teachers, and messed up society, the cream always rises to the top. And thank god for that. As long as we recognize and support the bright ones (ones who make a difference), we will continue to survive.

Gotta love LA........ the brightest and the most promising, living among the dumbest on the planet.

Back to the kids these days, topic. When you compare what kids, lets say 10, 20, 30 years ago could accomplish, with the ones of today, there is no comparison. Kids these days have no critical thinking skills, social skills, or ethics. And, you cannot really blame the teachers too much, either - when kids show up at the doorstep not knowing how to spell their name, read, write, tie their own shoelaces, etc. What can you expect? So many kids are fetal alcohol, malnourished, abused, etc. Babies left unattended in their cribs, wallowing in shit, staring at bare walls and ceilings, with nothing to stimulate their minds, while mommy and daddy drink themselves to oblivion, take drugs, and fight all day long.

/rant.
The high school drop out rate was 50% when my father attended high school, while today it is ~10%. The teenage pregnancy rate and poverty rate was double what it is now.

Just cause you're an old fart doesn't mean your generation is better. In fact it means you're jaded, cause today's kids are far better off than any generation in history.

If you want to call them spoiled entitled brats, I'll agree with that. If you want to criticize that formal education has replaced learning real world skills (DIY repairs/maintenance), I'll agree with that.

[dinosaur]

no matter how great you think you are at something, there's always an asian that is better. :lawl:

i disagree....

William Hung- She Bangs - YouTube

[LSF22]

i disagree....

William Hung- She Bangs - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RrLQUN8UJg)

Well played :suspicious:

[xilley]

^Honestly, with some make up and some different clothes she could probably look okay to decent!

And who cares what she looks likes? She'll probably save one of my future kids kids one day =D

not sure if serious.. :suspicious:

[Nlkko]

The high school drop out rate was 50% when my father attended high school, while today it is ~10%. The teenage pregnancy rate and poverty rate was double what it is now.

Just cause you're an old fart doesn't mean your generation is better. In fact it means you're jaded, cause today's kids are far better off than any generation in history.

If you want to call them spoiled entitled brats, I'll agree with that. If you want to criticize that formal education has replaced learning real world skills (DIY repairs/maintenance), I'll agree with that.

Agree. But he's right about the lack of critical thinking and social skills. And to be fair, that's the parents' fault of replacing physical play with video games, TVs and what not at very young age. That slows brain development in certain aspects aforementioned. Though, it doesn't necessarily make one generation worse than the other.

[sindragon]

^Honestly, with some make up and some different clothes she could probably look okay to decent!

And who cares what she looks likes? She'll probably save one of my future kids kids one day =D

so if u were given a choice on either saving your grand kids or sleeping with her with half decent make up :troll: choose wisely :lawl:

[MG1]

The high school drop out rate was 50% when my father attended high school, while today it is ~10%. The teenage pregnancy rate and poverty rate was double what it is now.

Just cause you're an old fart doesn't mean your generation is better. In fact it means you're jaded, cause today's kids are far better off than any generation in history.

If you want to call them spoiled entitled brats, I'll agree with that. If you want to criticize that formal education has replaced learning real world skills (DIY repairs/maintenance), I'll agree with that.

Ha ha........... these days, nobody fails. They just pass them.

Also, never said my generation was better. In fact, we are probably to blame for the newer generations' problems.

This current generation may be the first to not do better than the previous generation. You make it sound like I am talkiing about your generation.....

Call me old fart all you want, young cunt.

[van_city23]

very impressive story. Seems like the lacking thing these days is motivation and she has a lot of intrinsic motivation driving her which is great to see. In highschool i was more worried about doing the worked needed to get A's and nothing more. Spent the rest of my time playin ball or hanging out. It's not till now that I find research articles more and more interesting. I guess she just found what interests her at an earlier age than most. And for all of you comparing last generation stats with this generation, the comparison of stats will not get you anywhere because the circumstances aren't the same.

[MG1]

the comparison of stats will not get you anywhere because the circumstances aren't the same.

I can agree with that. Back then, drop out rate was high because there wasn't the pressure schools have nowadays to keep kids in school.

[kevin7352]

Angela's idea was to mix cancer medicine in a polymer that would attach to nanoparticles -- nanoparticles that would then attach to cancer cells and show up on an MRI. so doctors could see exactly where the tumors are. Then she thought shat if you aimed an infrared light at the tumors to melt the polymer and release the medicine, thus killing the cancer cells while leaving healthy cells completely unharmed.

If I understand correctly, she just came up with the idea of a self destructing cancer GPS...all of the the procedures were described very vaguely and it doesn't seem like she actually invented anything on her own.
The idea is so...primitive...how could they not have thought of this before LOL. Conclusion: Although smart (her university career), I don't really think she's a super genius, just above average asian

:pokerface:

[Nlkko]

^Talked to a friend in the profession about it and he said while it's impressive she did research at the age of 17, it's nothing new and most likely not gonna be "the cure for cancer" as hyped up by the media. There's probably a thousand type of cancer, and then you're talking about relapse, resistant, metastasis, etc.

Maybe that's why she's still going to school normally LOL. You would think if there was indeed a cure, the US government would jump on it way before the media with all the classified shits you won't even know her family exist.

[V4NC1TY]

Actually kids these days (overall) suck ass. So many stupid ones out there - smart asses. However, despite lousy parenting, teachers, and messed up society, the cream always rises to the top. And thank god for that. As long as we recognize and support the bright ones (ones who make a difference), we will continue to survive.

Gotta love LA........ the brightest and the most promising, living among the dumbest on the planet.

Back to the kids these days, topic. When you compare what kids, lets say 10, 20, 30 years ago could accomplish, with the ones of today, there is no comparison. Kids these days have no critical thinking skills, social skills, or ethics. And, you cannot really blame the teachers too much, either - when kids show up at the doorstep not knowing how to spell their name, read, write, tie their own shoelaces, etc. What can you expect? So many kids are fetal alcohol, malnourished, abused, etc. Babies left unattended in their cribs, wallowing in shit, staring at bare walls and ceilings, with nothing to stimulate their minds, while mommy and daddy drink themselves to oblivion, take drugs, and fight all day long.

/rant.

i concur ... LOLL
i'm part of the generation too :failed:, and we've got tons of 13 year-old LGs using a variety of drugs, packin on the make-up & flaunting their undeveloped bodies
the effects of peer pressure and society :\
i'm embarrassed lol
but like every generation, we all have our fair share of prodigies

[MG1]

^ thing is, it's the parents. There are a lot of great parents out there. Parents who are involved in their children's daily lives make a huge difference. In fact, those kids are miles ahead of any kid from my generation. Never before has information been so readily available - technology.

If anything, we are experiencing a, have/have not situation with the gap getter wider and wider.

[CorneringArtist]

Every time I look back to high school grad year, I notice that there were less "bright" kids in the younger grades, especially in the Grade 10 Socials class I peer tutored. It was kind of appalling at the level of stupidity some of these kids had (ie. believing in the Illuminati and focusing on starting a rap career), but there were a few kids that knew their shit and their parents are probably the reason why in both cases. Not that hard to tell which group had the most parental involvement. When I graduated, I could count how many students smoked on two hands. Last time I paid a visit to my old teachers the following September, I saw a group of 12-15 students on the corner passing out Belmonts to each other.

Even with the availability of online resources, the opposite can happen if it's used. What if something that no online parenting article covers comes up for the parents? They can call theirs for advice, but then again wouldn't it make a bit of sense to try something they came up with themselves?

Although I can't relate since I'm not a parent myself, the pragmatist in me thinks a mix of online resources and trial-and-error makes sense in raising a kid. It's possible to be a super-parent with online resources, but then again, I'm thinking it's the Internet that raised that kid, not the parents themselves.

[goo3]

I predict these kids will turn out fine and when they get old, they will be bitching about the next generation. Before, it was rock n roll, then TV, then rap music, then video games, then the internet, and now it's social media and how's it gonna ruin the kids. OMG, it's something I don't understand so it must be bad!

C'mon, we've heard it all before and they have a history of being wrong each time. So what's different this time? Socio-economic problems are not new.

[dat_steve]

should send this girl to do her human testing in some left-wing nation, then until there are confirmed results i'm hanging out with this guy

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/17/i_am_legend_will_smith__1_.jpg

[JSALES]

that's amazing

[bloodmack]

Every time I look back to high school grad year, I notice that there were less "bright" kids in the younger grades, especially in the Grade 10 Socials class I peer tutored. It was kind of appalling at the level of stupidity some of these kids had (ie. believing in the Illuminati and focusing on starting a rap career), but there were a few kids that knew their shit and their parents are probably the reason why in both cases. Not that hard to tell which group had the most parental involvement. When I graduated, I could count how many students smoked on two hands. Last time I paid a visit to my old teachers the following September, I saw a group of 12-15 students on the corner passing out Belmonts to each other.

Even with the availability of online resources, the opposite can happen if it's used. What if something that no online parenting article covers comes up for the parents? They can call theirs for advice, but then again wouldn't it make a bit of sense to try something they came up with themselves?

Although I can't relate since I'm not a parent myself, the pragmatist in me thinks a mix of online resources and trial-and-error makes sense in raising a kid. It's possible to be a super-parent with online resources, but then again, I'm thinking it's the Internet that raised that kid, not the parents themselves.

are you fucking kidding me? That's like saying people who believe in god are stupid. Whats wrong with focusing on a rap career? When the hell did believing in something and making long term career goals make you "less bright". Jesus christ some of you think to highly of yourselves..

[melloman]

The high school drop out rate was 50% when my father attended high school, while today it is ~10%. The teenage pregnancy rate and poverty rate was double what it is now.

Just cause you're an old fart doesn't mean your generation is better. In fact it means you're jaded, cause today's kids are far better off than any generation in history.

If you want to call them spoiled entitled brats, I'll agree with that. If you want to criticize that formal education has replaced learning real world skills (DIY repairs/maintenance), I'll agree with that.

I'd like to reply to your post by giving you 1 simple example.

What if the world lost ALL power one day?

The new generation, atleast 70-100% of them, would be ENTIRELY FUCKED. It's kind of funny how normal things like math, and writing could easily be abolished because we have tablets to write on, and calculators that can do the work for us. But if that technology were to ever fail, it would be fun to see. (Even though I'd have to go back to hand drafting my drawings.. :okay: )

[taylor192]

I'd like to reply to your post by giving you 1 simple example.
I'd like to reply to your post by pointing out I already mentioned this:
If you want to criticize that formal education has replaced learning real world skills (DIY repairs/maintenance), I'll agree with that.

[LiquidTurbo]

pic of angela zhang?

nvm.. http://www.themarysue.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/AngelaZhang.jpg :heckno:

Didn't know someone with a revolutionary idea that could impact a shit ton of people have to look like models too.

[melloman]

I'm not critizing "real world skills" I'm saying that soon, my kid won't know how to use a god damn pencil, because he'll want to use an iPad to type on.

Fact: http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/26/aakash-android-tablet-exclusive/

[taylor192]

I'm not critizing "real world skills" I'm saying that soon, my kid won't know how to use a god damn pencil, because he'll want to use an iPad to type on.

If the world lost all power the last thing your kid will worry about is writing squiggly lines on paper. Have you not watched Zombie apocalypse movies!? :D

[LiquidTurbo]

I'm not critizing "real world skills" I'm saying that soon, my kid won't know how to use a god damn pencil, because he'll want to use an iPad to type on.

Fact: Hands On: India’s $35 Aakash Android tablet lands in America (exclusive) | VentureBeat (http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/26/aakash-android-tablet-exclusive/)

Don't be such a Neo-Luddite.

[melloman]

Just saying.. :troll: *waits for a Fire-Sail*

[goo3]

I'd like to reply to your post by giving you 1 simple example.

What if the world lost ALL power one day?

The new generation, atleast 70-100% of them, would be ENTIRELY FUCKED. It's kind of funny how normal things like math, and writing could easily be abolished because we have tablets to write on, and calculators that can do the work for us. But if that technology were to ever fail, it would be fun to see. (Even though I'd have to go back to hand drafting my drawings.. :okay: )

OTOH, if the world doesn't lose power, the new generation will better suited to the changing world around them. Then one day, YOU would be entirely fucked having to compete against these guys automating your job. Then all that's left is for you to compare how much better you are against teenagers.

But all this assumes ppl can't ever adapt to technology or building a camp, etc, which is false.

[freakshow]

If I understand correctly, she just came up with the idea of a self destructing cancer GPS...all of the the procedures were described very vaguely and it doesn't seem like she actually invented anything on her own.
The idea is so...primitive...how could they not have thought of this before LOL. Conclusion: Although smart (her university career), I don't really think she's a super genius, just above average asian

:pokerface:

That details weren't explained because you wouldn't understand it. She's reading and understanding doctorate level papers in grade 9??
Maybe you're just bitter that you didn't do anything more than watch pokemon in highschool, but I think you have to give her a bit more than 'above average'.

[MG1]

Girl got $100, 000.00 because she shows promise. Thinks outside the box, has drive, quick learner, high crtical thinking skills, etc.

As for the purple shoes....... love it. Shows she's down to earth and not some weirdo, mad scientist type.


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Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains (http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html)

[CorneringArtist]

are you fucking kidding me? That's like saying people who believe in god are stupid. Whats wrong with focusing on a rap career? When the hell did believing in something and making long term career goals make you "less bright". Jesus christ some of you think to highly of yourselves..

Guess I should have been more specific. This student was trying to write rhymes and generally slacking off in class, not doing any work and otherwise disrupting the class. I don't mind if you want to start a rap career, just do it on your own time, or at least make a passable attempt to focus on both your academic and future rap career. It was my job to try to help students not fail, and I pretty much gave up half way into the semester as nothing was getting to that student.

[achiam]

I'm very, very familiar with cancer and current drug targeting therapies.
The stuff she was pointing at was already well published in scientific journals from the past several years.
There is unlikely to EVER be a cure for all cancer, simply because there are many different types of cancers -- many different causes for the DNA transcription to go haywire, many different ways to target due to different types of "weird" receptors being expressed on the cancer cells, and to further complicate things, the fact that cancers can morph into different types (e.g. original tumor expresses receptor A, morphs, some of the new tumor cells now express different receptors, thus rendering past targeted drugs useless as the same receptor isn't on the new cancer cells).
blah blah

[jepho]

the idea seems so simple

[Nocardia]

I'm very, very familiar with cancer and current drug targeting therapies.
The stuff she was pointing at was already well published in scientific journals from the past several years.


Quoted so people may actually read and stop posting about how they can't believe it wasn't thought about before.

This was envisioned before she was born.

[TheKingdom2000]

So if this was envisioned before she was born why is this a big deal now?
Or is it just a big deal because she's a highschool student?

Or is it that she actually put the theory to practice?
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[achiam]

So if this was envisioned before she was born why is this a big deal now?
Or is it just a big deal because she's a highschool student?

Or is it that she actually put the theory to practice?
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It's not a big deal at all -- just that mainstream media chose to publish it. If it truly was insanely ground breaking, it would be published in a real scientific journal and the work would be a collaboration between many researchers and often many labs around the globe.

This is simply another example of mass market media garbage -- they pick what they want to publicize and fail to present the background.

[shenmecar]

wow

[shenmecar]

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww