A 17-year-old student from Pennsylvania Audrey Zheng is drawing attention for developing a promising bioengineering approach that could help detect pancreatic cancer earlier, when treatment options may be more effective.
Audrey Zheng, a senior at North Allegheny Senior High School in Wexford, Pennsylvania, developed the pancreatic cancer detection method as part of her Regeneron Science Talent Search project. Her research focuses on tiny biological particles circulating in the blood and uses magnetic nanospheres to isolate those linked to pancreatic cancer, as per Society for Science.
