Meet Rishab Jain, an eighth grader from Oregon who developed software to assist doctors treating pancreatic cancer.
Rishab knew that treating cancer demands very precise work. The doctors must kill any diseased cells while being careful to not kill any healthy cells. In the case of pancreatic cancer, this can be the most challenging. The pancreas will move around and sometimes be blocked by other organs, making precision a very difficult task. As a result of this, pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly cancer types. Rishab developed a software that was shown to hep doctors be more precise when working on the pancreas when the software was tested in simulations. His software won him the top prize at the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge of $25,000.
Rishab now continues his journey by looking for hospitals and physician partners who would be willing to run a clinical trial and further test his software. Rishab’s work is very important and could have a large impact on the continuous fight against cancer. Rishab shows young entrepreneurs that it is never too early to begin making a difference in the world. He tells his listeners that he desires to make an immediate difference in people’s lives just like he has seen doctors do before him.
Rishab seems like a very driven person. After winning the top prize at the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, he immediately started looking for hospitals to run clinical trials of his product. Rishab believes in his product, which is incredibly important as a young entrepreneur. Great job!
This is just another fine example of a young person, barely a teen making a huge difference in the lives of others.
His story just proves once again that age is only a number. You can make an impact at any age and possibly save thousands of lives. Any impact to improve society is awesome to see from young individuals.
Who would have thought that someone as young as an 8th grader could help doctors to treat one of the most deadly cancers in the world! I hope Rishab continues on in his success and can have an even bigger impact on the world someday.