Engineering Micro-RNA To Cure Skin Cancer | Larry Zhang | TEDxMileHigh

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Can we use micro-RNA to engineer a cure for skin cancer? In this inspiring talk, Larry Zhang shows how he created a new method to inhibit cancer cell growth in squamous cell carcinoma, and shares why "we will never find a cure for cancer."

Larry Zhang, a recent high school graduate, has interned for the last three years at a biological research lab at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he is investigating skin cancer development. He is a three-time finalist at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his work on RNA interference and skin cancer regulation. In the fall, he will be studying molecular biology and computer science at MIT in Cambridge, Mass.

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