Cancer is a rapidly spreading disease worldwide that can be treated but often involves prolonged and painful treatment. However, a 14-year-old boy named Heman Bekele, hailing from the United States, has developed a soap that could potentially aid in the treatment of skin cancer.
Yes, indeed, 14-year-old Heman Bekele from Annandale, Virginia, has won an award from a top young scientist competition in the United States for creating this soap.
Skin cancer is quite common worldwide, with hundreds of thousands of cases diagnosed in the United States alone each year, resulting in around 8,000 deaths.
Heman Bekele, a 9th-grade student from Annandale, Virginia, created this soap as part of the 3M Young Scientist Challenge and explained in a video that one soap could be a potential treatment for cancer. He further said, “I have always been interested in biology and technology, and this competition provided me with the best opportunity to express my ideas.”
This soap is made from ingredients that activate cells in human skin, which combat cancer-affected cells.
Heman Bekele spent the first four years of his life in Ethiopia, an African country where people work in intense sunlight, and skin cancer is quite common there.
The student mentioned, “I wanted my invention to be not only the best from a scientific perspective but also to reach as many people as possible.”
This soap helps in the treatment of a type of skin cancer called melanoma, one of the most deadly forms of cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.
After winning this award, Heman Bekele expressed his hope that this soap would become a symbol of hope and make skin cancer treatment possible for everyone.
