Genius High School Students Use Crowdsourcing to Find a Cure for Melanoma
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Genius High School Students Use Crowdsourcing to Find a Cure for Melanoma

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    • May 19, 2014 at 3:42 am
    Gene_S
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    By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Cancer Weekly — In a groundbreaking effort, 3,500 of the country's top high school students will build the world's largest wiki on melanoma research — and work toward finding that needle in a haystack to cure melanoma (see also National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists).

    The effort is led by http://www.SaveJordan.org ,which will use crowdsourcing to drive user-generated content related to melanoma cancer research to a wiki site. "The idea is to bypass mainstream medicine and medical research and compile fresh ideas," said Jordan Guernsey, the 29-year-old father of two and Stage IV cancer survivor who is the force behind SaveJordan. …

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    http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-367490442.html

     

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      • May 19, 2014 at 12:57 pm
      JC
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      He is really young.

      • May 19, 2014 at 12:57 pm
      JC
      Participant

      He is really young.

      • May 19, 2014 at 12:57 pm
      JC
      Participant

      He is really young.

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