Teen Who Created Soap That Treats Skin Cancer Named Time’s Kid Of The Year

A Virginia teenager is being honored by “Time Magazine” as its "Kid of the Year." 

Heman Bekele of Woodson High School in Fairfax County was chosen for the honor because of a soap he invented to help treat skin problems.

Bekele experimented in his bedroom for three years before hitting the jackpot.

The 15-year-old won last year's 3M Young Scientist Challenge for his invention, which contains a drug that helps treat warts and some kinds of skin cancer.

Bekele says he hopes to make treatment for skin problems more affordable and accessible through his invention.


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