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Meet The Teen Who Dropped Out Of High School To Help Cure Cancer
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Thomas Hunt may technically be a high school drop-out, but not for the reason you might think.
For the 17-year-old, moving away from his hometown of Saratoga, Calif. to Silicon Valley was a necessary step towards his effort to find a cure for cancer. This past spring, Hunt went through the competitive process of becoming a Thiel fellow, granting him $100,000 to pursue his scientific investigation.
According to Mercury News, Hunt plans to use the money to buy lab equipment and travel to other labs to meet others in the field.
Hunt's interest in science began after he studied genetically modified corn for his eighth grade science fair, using the nearby SENS lab to conduct his research. After completing his freshman year of high school, Hunt made the decision to leave school and begin cancer research full-time.
"He [Hunt] is really exceptional in that he's not exceptional. In other words... he actually makes a proper contribution just like people twice his age," explains Aubrey De Grey, a chief science officer at the SENS Research Foundation.
Hunt's journey to find the cure for cancer is being documented on Wired's "Teen Technorati."
"I believe very strongly that you need to pursue exactly what you're interested in immediately," says Hunt on "Teen Technorati." "I try to emphasize that in my project, where I try to get the results now because cancer's not gonna wait another 10 years."
The cure for cancer needs to be found promptly. It’s alway been a mistery and more people should try it as hard as Hunt has tried. It’s great to see how people care about it so much.
ReplyDeleteCancer is one of those illnesses which has not cure yet. It has been and it is still a mistery for all the scientifics who try to get with the cure. As Estibaliz said it is great to see that people like Hunt care about it so much and that they leave what they are doing to investigate the cure.
ReplyDeleteThe cure for cancer must be really difficult to find because knowing as much as we know and having such modern new technologies nowadays it is incredible that they haven´t found it yet. Nevertheless, many people is trying hard to find it and behaviours like Hunt´s one are admirable.
ReplyDeleteIt´s incredibly how many people is involved in cancer investigation but all those people are few. Everyone has fear about it, and fortunately people is so care and respectful when they speak about it.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion we have moved a lot in this and thins are going on. I trust that in no so many years, cancer will be only an illness like most of them.
Nowadays, most families has lost someone by this unknown disease, so in my opinion it is very honourable what this boy is trying to do, and that the people supports his cuase, because the more people helps, the faster they will find a cure.
ReplyDeleteWe all want a cure for this horrible illness but only a few people like Hunt are really involved in the research. It is obvious that it's not so easy to find it and that's why we should be greatful to everyone who is trying to get it. It is fantastic to see how some people make so many efforts to find a cure that would help every person who need it.
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