Why Science Journal Paywalls Have to Go
By Jack Andraka | Posted: February 18, 2013 PLOS Blogs
“After a close family friend died from pancreatic cancer, I turned to the Internet to help me understand more about this disease that had killed him so quickly. I was 14 and didn't even know I had a pancreas but I soon educated myself about what it was and started learning about how it was diagnosed. I was shocked to discover that the current way of detecting pancreatic cancer was older than my dad and wasn't very sensitive or accurate. I figured there had to be a better way!”
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