Em :v_bi:
boosted
🧼🔬 14-year-old Heman Bekele developed a revolutionary soap that reactivates immune cells to fight skin #cancer, inspired by memories of people working under the harsh Ethiopian #sun.
His #invention costs just $0.50 to produce compared to $40,000 cancer treatments, and he's now working at Johns Hopkins to bring it to underserved communities worldwide.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/teenager-soap-cancer-rep/
#science #innovation #teenager #medicine #Africa #prevention #research #health#Ethiopia