{"id":3826,"date":"2024-08-20T08:59:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T08:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2024-08-20T08:59:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T08:59:25","slug":"teen-inventor-hailed-as-2024-kid-of-the-year-for-revolutionary-skin-cancer-treatment-soap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=3826","title":{"rendered":"Teen Inventor Hailed as 2024 Kid of the Year for Revolutionary Skin Cancer Treatment Soap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Innocent Sibonginkosi Ncube<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heman Bekele, a 15-year-old prodigy, has been named the 2024 Kid of the Year by Time magazine and Time for Kids for his groundbreaking invention of a soap that treats skin cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bekele&#8217;s motivation for creating the soap was to make a direct impact on people&#8217;s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s incredible to think that my bar of soap could one day make a difference in someone&#8217;s life. That&#8217;s why I started this project,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bekele&#8217;s soap provides an accessible way to deliver medication for various forms of skin cancer, including melanoma. Time highlighted the potential of Bekele&#8217;s innovation to revolutionize skin cancer treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Heman&#8217;s invention has the potential to change the way we treat skin cancer, making it more accessible and effective,&#8221; said a Time spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not Bekele&#8217;s first major accolade. In 2023, he was named America&#8217;s Top Young Scientist by 3M and Discovery Education, earning a $25,000 cash prize. His latest recognition cements his place as a rising star in the scientific community, inspiring hope and awe with his remarkable contributions at such a young age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bekele&#8217;s work on the skin cancer treatment soap has the potential to impact countless individuals affected by this devastating disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Heman&#8217;s invention is a game-changer in the fight against skin cancer,&#8221; said a medical expert. &#8220;His dedication and innovation are an inspiration to us all.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With his passion for science and his drive to make a difference, Bekele is poised to continue making significant contributions to the scientific community. As he said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just getting started. I have a lot more ideas and projects that I want to work on.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innocent Sibonginkosi Ncube Heman Bekele, a 15-year-old prodigy, has been named the 2024 Kid of the Year by Time magazine and Time for Kids for his groundbreaking invention of a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment-and-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3828,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826\/revisions\/3828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}