Black Excellence Alert: Virginia Teen Invented Soap That Fights Skin Cancer

Essence Magazine:

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated November 13, 2023

What do you do next after spending your summer vacation finding a treatment for cancer? That’s the question 14-year-old high school freshman Heman Bekele now faces after inventing a soap to treat skin cancer.

Bekele entered the 3M Young Scientist Lab Competition, where participants are encouraged “to solve everyday problems using science and innovation.”

Bekele collaborated on research with professors from the University of

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