Heman Bekele was inspired by Ethiopian workers laboring under the sun, and wanted to help ‘as many people as possible’

A middle-school teen has been named “America’s top young scientist” after developing a bar of soap that could be useful in the treatment of melanoma, a skin cancer that is diagnosed in about 100,000 people in the US each year and kills approximately 8,000.

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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    To stave off cancer caused by their other products

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