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17 Year Old Girl Finds Cancer Cure
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After winning the $100,000 Siemens Prize for inventing nanoparticles that kill cancer cells, Angela Zhang is quickly becoming the world's most enviable Internet meme. Not because of the money, though, but because she's only 17-years-old. Obviously, the Internet is blown away by all of this.
The research itself sounds pretty amazing, regardless of Zhang's age. The Cupertino, California girl -- who also happened to be the only female finalist in the contest -- describes her discovery as a "Swiss Army knife of cancer treatments." The Associated Press explained the nanoparticle treatment when the prize was announced earlier this week:
Zhang said the particle she designed improves on current cancer treatments because it delivers a drug directly to tumor cells and doesn't affect healthy cells around it. The particle is also able to release a drug when activated by a laser. The idea is still years away from being used in patients, however. Zhang says it could take 25 years between clinical trials and other steps before her research is helping patients.
By Friday, the web was lighting up with meme-tastic tributes. While some play on stereotypes, others are just terrific. Zhang now shares a tag page on Tumblr with a famous Asian actress, and dozens are giving the victorious image of Zhang holding the giant Siemens check over her head the LOLcats-like photo treatment. The meme is appropriately called "Unimpressed Angela Zhang."
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100,000 for that?
She deserves way more
She deserves way more
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This is amazing, just wish it could have come sooner.
My grandma died from cancer a week ago, so maybe it could have saved her life.
My grandma died from cancer a week ago, so maybe it could have saved her life.
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this makes me happy to think that there could be a cure soon
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Pretty incredible to be honest - 17 years old and curing cancer? Never thought I'd see the day....
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cancer is like nazis, thankfully we wiped them out
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Epic meme is epic. The cure for cancer is pretty cool, too.
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Thank god, loads of people will live because of this.
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dang... that's nuts one day cancer will be a disease of the past...
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Wow 17 and already successful?
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