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Coverage dated August 15, 2024

15-Year-Old Creates a Soap That Could Help Prevent and Treat Skin Cancer

Headline from People

'TIME' Kid of the Year Heman Bekele created a bar of soap with the drug imiquimod as an active ingredient. The drug is already approved to cure certain types of skin cancer in its cream form.

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  1. NPR

    Our interview with "TIME's 2024 Kid of the Year," inventor of a cancer-fighting soap (opens NPR)

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    Last year NPR interviewed Heman Bekele about his invention of a soap to fight skin cancer. He was motivated by his childhood in Ethiopia: He saw people working in the sun and thought of health risks.

  2. NBC10 Philadelphia

    This 15-year-old scientist created a soap that could treat skin cancer. He's been named Time's 2024 Kid of the Year (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    Heman Bekele, a 15-year-old from Virginia, developed a soap that could make delivering skin cancer medications more accessible.

  3. People

    15-Year-Old Creates a Soap That Could Help Prevent and Treat Skin Cancer (opens People)

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    People's feed description

    'TIME' Kid of the Year Heman Bekele created a bar of soap with the drug imiquimod as an active ingredient. The drug is already approved to cure certain types of skin cancer in its cream form.

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