[www.keralites.net] Nitin Tumma 17 yrs Indian wins the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search - Breast Cancer

 

Nithin Tumma Wins Top $100K Intel Prize

Nithin Tumma, 17, of Fort Gratiot, Mich., won the top $100,000 prize from the Intel Foundation for his research, which could lead to more direct, targeted, effective and less toxic breast cancer treatments.

He analyzed the molecular mechanisms in cancer cells and found that by inhibiting certain proteins, we may be able to slow the growth of cancer cells and decrease their malignancy.

Tumma is first in his class of 332, a varsity tennis player and a volunteer for the Port Huron Museum, where he started a restoration effort for historical and cultural landmarks.

6th Place: Neel Patel, 17, of Geneva, Florida, studied how non-speech sound patterns, called sonifications, can convey information. This work could lead to a computer-user interface similar to graphic interfaces developed decades ago.

7th Place: Anirudh Prabhu, of West Lafayette, Indiana, received a $25,000 award for his investigation of the odd perfect number problem, and his suggestion that odd perfect numbers do not exist.

 

Ravi

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