I think the kid is incredible-what I will say is not about him. It's more thinking about skin cancer and prevention. There is risk in the prevention too. So we all wear lots of sunscreen and are learning those chemicals can be quite toxic, but we do it, especially those of us with more risk because getting melanoma especially would be worse. Why use a soap with a bunch of chemicals too as prevention? If it's an affordable treatment, then awesome, but it will be interesting years from now to see if the research pans out. (Yes, I need to read the article closely too-only skimmed it when it first came out).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://time.com/6996507/heman-bekele/

He's a rising sophomore at Woodson High School

Wow! So...
- Not the native born African American but checks the "Black" box?
- From educated, connected, affluent and intact family without past slavery and institutional discrimination PTSD and trauma?
- Raised in a different kind of family culture of an immigrant family?
- Tiger cub of tiger parents?

Got it! And that my friends is the key to emancipation and upliftment.

Really gross how people are talking about a kid on the internet.

You make yourself a celebrity, you have to face criticism. No one forced him to pose for the cover of TIME magazine or lie about his fake cancer cure.

What a bitter person you are..., your life must be miserable.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://time.com/6996507/heman-bekele/

He's a rising sophomore at Woodson High School

Wow! So...
- Not the native born African American but checks the "Black" box?
- From educated, connected, affluent and intact family without past slavery and institutional discrimination PTSD and trauma?
- Raised in a different kind of family culture of an immigrant family?
- Tiger cub of tiger parents?

Got it! And that my friends is the key to emancipation and upliftment.

Really gross how people are talking about a kid on the internet.

You make yourself a celebrity, you have to face criticism. No one forced him to pose for the cover of TIME magazine or lie about his fake cancer cure.

What lie?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://time.com/6996507/heman-bekele/

He's a rising sophomore at Woodson High School

Wow! So...
- Not the native born African American but checks the "Black" box?
- From educated, connected, affluent and intact family without past slavery and institutional discrimination PTSD and trauma?
- Raised in a different kind of family culture of an immigrant family?
- Tiger cub of tiger parents?

Got it! And that my friends is the key to emancipation and upliftment.

Really gross how people are talking about a kid on the internet.

You make yourself a celebrity, you have to face criticism. No one forced him to pose for the cover of TIME magazine or lie about his fake cancer cure.

And no one forced you to have such a nasty miserable take on this kid. You're choosing to be gross about it yourself.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://time.com/6996507/heman-bekele/

He's a rising sophomore at Woodson High School

Wow! So...
- Not the native born African American but checks the "Black" box?
- From educated, connected, affluent and intact family without past slavery and institutional discrimination PTSD and trauma?
- Raised in a different kind of family culture of an immigrant family?
- Tiger cub of tiger parents?

Got it! And that my friends is the key to emancipation and upliftment.

Really gross how people are talking about a kid on the internet.

You make yourself a celebrity, you have to face criticism. No one forced him to pose for the cover of TIME magazine or lie about his fake cancer cure.

Your anger seems rooted in other, personal issues. Suggest a break from the internet.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://time.com/6996507/heman-bekele/

He's a rising sophomore at Woodson High School

Wow! So...
- Not the native born African American but checks the "Black" box?
- From educated, connected, affluent and intact family without past slavery and institutional discrimination PTSD and trauma?
- Raised in a different kind of family culture of an immigrant family?
- Tiger cub of tiger parents?

Got it! And that my friends is the key to emancipation and upliftment.

Really gross how people are talking about a kid on the internet.

You make yourself a celebrity, you have to face criticism. No one forced him to pose for the cover of TIME magazine or lie about his fake cancer cure.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://time.com/6996507/heman-bekele/

He's a rising sophomore at Woodson High School

Wow! So...
- Not the native born African American but checks the "Black" box?
- From educated, connected, affluent and intact family without past slavery and institutional discrimination PTSD and trauma?
- Raised in a different kind of family culture of an immigrant family?
- Tiger cub of tiger parents?

Got it! And that my friends is the key to emancipation and upliftment.

Really gross how people are talking about a kid on the internet.

Anonymous wrote:https://time.com/6996507/heman-bekele/

He's a rising sophomore at Woodson High School

Wow! So...
- Not the native born African American but checks the "Black" box?
- From educated, connected, affluent and intact family without past slavery and institutional discrimination PTSD and trauma?
- Raised in a different kind of family culture of an immigrant family?
- Tiger cub of tiger parents?

Got it! And that my friends is the key to emancipation and upliftment.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://time.com/6996507/heman-bekele/

He's a rising sophomore at Woodson High School

Be interesting to know if he is recruited by colleges like athletes are recruited

Maybe. He ticks the equity boxes and college love a con artist with a good phony story, er, "leadership skills".

Wow what is life like being so bitter and nasty towards a child?

My son went to school with him when when he was 7 and even then you could tell he was a very smart kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems amazing and it is well deserved.

It would be great however, if they could profile a kid whose parents grew up poor in the United States and has zero connections. All these young science winners seem to have one thing in common- connections. His was that he attended a networking event at the Melanoma Research Alliance. How many high schoolers get to go to networking meetings?

My husband who is a scientist said there are papers previously published using imiquimod for basal-cell carcinoma.

According to the article, he was looking to use soap for a delivery vehicle rather than a cream in order to lower the cost. It's kind of missing the point of pharma patents and drug costs but at least he's thinking about the problem.

Imiquimod has a patented cream formulation, but the chemical itself isn't patented as far as I'm aware

Anonymous wrote:Wow some bitter DCUMs on this thread. He is a kid who had a great idea.

Yes and pretty appalling how people are discussing a kid on the internet.

Wow some bitter DCUMs on this thread. He is a kid who had a great idea.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems amazing and it is well deserved.

It would be great however, if they could profile a kid whose parents grew up poor in the United States and has zero connections. All these young science winners seem to have one thing in common- connections. His was that he attended a networking event at the Melanoma Research Alliance. How many high schoolers get to go to networking meetings?

My husband who is a scientist said there are papers previously published using imiquimod for basal-cell carcinoma.

According to the article, he was looking to use soap for a delivery vehicle rather than a cream in order to lower the cost. It's kind of missing the point of pharma patents and drug costs but at least he's thinking about the problem.

He's promoting a worthless snake oil cancer cure.

He is a kid.

Anonymous wrote:Awesome kid. Will probably go to Harvard on full scholarship.

Harvard, to the best of my knowledge, does not award/give grant scholarships based on merit; however, Harvard does give need-based financial aid.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems amazing and it is well deserved.

It would be great however, if they could profile a kid whose parents grew up poor in the United States and has zero connections. All these young science winners seem to have one thing in common- connections. His was that he attended a networking event at the Melanoma Research Alliance. How many high schoolers get to go to networking meetings?

My husband who is a scientist said there are papers previously published using imiquimod for basal-cell carcinoma.

His contribution is the idea of putting it in soap as a prophylactic.

My idea is eating a plum every day as a prophylactic.