When 15-year-old Heman Bekele mixes soap with cancer-fighting compounds, he’s not just conducting another science experiment – he’s potentially transforming skin cancer treatment worldwide. The Virginia high schooler’s invention, Skin Cancer Treating Soap (SCTS), delivers medication through a surprisingly simple vehicle: everyday bar soap. This innovation recently earned him TIME’s 2024 Kid of the Year recognition. “I’m really passionate about skin-cancer research,” Bekele explains. “It’s absolutely incredible to think that one day my bar of soap will be able to make a direct impact on somebody else’s life. That’s the reason I started this all in the first place.” From … Continue reading African Teen Invents $10 Cancer-Fighting Soap That Could Replace $40,000 Skin Treatments, Tests at Johns Hopkins