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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 28: Jack Andraka speaks after receiving Smithsonian Magazine's first annual American Ingenuity Award for youth achievement on November 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. The awards honor nine groundbreaking individuals in technology, performing and visual arts, natural and physical sciences, education, historical scholarship, social progress, and youth achievement. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images for Smithsonian Magazine)

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 28: Jack Andraka speaks after receiving Smithsonian Magazine's first annual American Ingenuity Award for youth achievement on November 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. The awards honor nine groundbreaking individuals in technology, performing and visual arts, natural and physical sciences, education, historical scholarship, social progress, and youth achievement. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images for Smithsonian Magazine)