Does it actually work?
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Looks like it does from another article:
Heman’s mentor, 3M product engineering specialist Deborah Isabelle, said she could see the teen’s energy and passion for the project from their first meeting. She described Heman as “focused on making the world a better place for people he hasn’t necessarily even met yet.”
The soap, called Skin Cancer Treating Soap (SCTS), works by using a compound that helps revive dendritic cells, which are killed by cancer cells. Once the dendritic cells are revived, they are able to then fight against the cancer cells. In essence, it reactivates the body’s healing power, Isabelle said.
Similar creams and ointments exist, Heman said, but he doesn’t believe soap has ever been used to fight against skin cancers in their early stages.
He has a five-year plan, which includes seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Isabelle has already connected him with other scientists who specialize in medical products to help him move forward with his plans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/25/heman-bekele-skin-cancer-soap/
Whenever you read "X-year old does something", it's usually already been done or a slight modification of something already been done.
Don't underestimate our ability to miss the obvious. You're talking about the race that over 3000 or so years, forgot scurvy was cured by vitamin C over 10 times.
They also used to shape steel wire by pulling it really hard through a kinda steel funnel. This works because the tensile strength of steel is much higher than its yield strength, so you can pull on it with more force than it takes to shape it, without it snapping.
Back in the day, we figured out corrosion helped make the steel slippery when it went through the shaping tool. We though it was because some dudes pissed on the steel, so for a while after people pissed on their steel. Until people started figuring out beer worked just as well, and then half beer half water.
Until they finally realized water worked just as well to create corrosion. It took a couple hundred years.
Sometimes it just takes someone to think about it and do it. At 14 that's incredible, kids aren't that selfless at that age.
At 14 that’s incredible
It's incredible to have the opportunity to mentor with a senior research analyst at 3M.
Wish more kids were given this kind of opportunity without going six figures into debt
I think both of your statements are correct - lots of innovations are right in front of us, are simple, and that's the kinda shit scientists love. More kids, but really people of any age, should be given opportunities like this given passion or even a passing curiosity.
Whenever you read “person does something”, it’s usually already been done or a slight modification of something already been done.
On the shoulders of giants is a thing for a reason.
Even if the active ingredients are already known, developing a new mode of application for an existing drug is an enormous accomplishment for a student his age. Plus, the alternative (minors doing experiments with unapproved drugs) is likely illegal, so there's only so much they could do.
When I was 14, I was not helping to cure cancer. My science fair project was about salt raising the boiling point of water. :) I'll give him props but you're right.
Were your tests conclusive?
I did mine on whether brown eggs would boil faster than white.
I did conclude the boiling point was raised. I was up for a Nobel prize in chemistry but was excluded because of my political leanings.
Whenever anyone does anything, that's usually the case...
remember when two highschool students solved a 4000 year old unsolved mathematical proof https://www.wfla.com/news/education/teens-prove-2000-year-old-pythagorean-theorem-school-officials-say/#:~:text=School%20officials%20say%2017%2Dyear,and%20without%20using%20circular%20logic.
He has a five-year plan
this is one of those business buzzwords that makes my skin crawl
Yes, a timeline and plan for reaching a goal. So buzzy.
There's a cream for that
Soap is a rinse-off product. It'll never be as effective as leave-on ointments because the substances that actually do something will mostly be gone as soon as they're rinsed off the skin...
Sponsored by 3M. Cool, so now they can give the soap to all people living near their PFAS plants.
I believe in this guy 110% simply because of his massive Carlton vibes
Strong Carlton vibes. It’s true.
Aaaand patented. JandJ's new cancer bars require you to use the soap everyday for the rest of your life to stave off the cancer.
To stave off cancer caused by their other products
Wait when did J&J cause skin cancer? I’ve only known of the asbestos baby powder.
Breast cancer, skin cancer...Are we gonna split squamous cells here
Let me guess, J&J is hiding the true magic cure for cancer from us all?
Of course, if you don't want to die you best spend a significant amount of your income helping the few get rich(er).
Add in some sunscreen to the soap and it will clean, prevent, and cure. A trifecta!
HeMan and the Soap against Melanoma
Wait the immortality elixir is just all soap? Always has been shoots
If he releases it for free then he’s amazing. If he tries to profit on it, then he’s part of the problem and we shouldn’t celebrate him.