Marshall Zhang of Richmond Hill recently discovered a new combination of drugs that could possibly be used to as a treatment for cystic fibrosis.
Oh yeah, he's also 16 years old, and a Grade 11 student at Bayview Secondary School.
If you are looking for reassurance of Ontario's public education system, especially how it's playing out in York Region I suggest you read the Toronto Star story on Marshall's accomplishments here:
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/991725–richmond-hill-student-16-discovers-new-hope-for-cystic-fibrosis-treatment?bn=1
Zhang used an advanced supercomputing system, the Canadian SCINET (
http://www.scinet.utoronto.ca/about.htm ) to see if two new compounds could help repair the defective protein that causes cystic fibrosis.
I don't know about you, but I'm inspired.
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