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October 31, 2018
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Rishab Jain of Stoller Middle School is named America’s Top Young Scientist.
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Rishab Jain of Stoller Middle
School has been named America’s
Top Young Scientist by winning
the 2018 Discovery Education 3M
Young Scientist Challenge.
Rishab, 13, created an algo-
rithm to make pancreatic cancer
treatment more effective by using
artificial intelligence to accurately
locate and track the pancreas in re-
al-time during MRI radiotherapy.
An inherent challenge of radiation
treatment for pancreatic cancer re-
sides in targeting the pancreas itself,
which is often obscured by the stom-
ach or other nearby organs, making it
difficult to locate, and may move due
to breathing other anatomical chang-
es in the abdominal area.
Rishab developed and tested
his algorithm using images of
the human digestive system, and
found it could correctly detect the
pancreas with a 98.9 percent suc-
cess rate. The innovation aims to
improve accuracy, reduce inva-
siveness and increase efficiency
during treatment, resulting in bet-
ter quality of life and chance for
survival among patients.
Jain competed against nine oth-
er finalists and received a $25,000
prize.
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Jerry and Helen Ephrem were found murdered in their home in 2014.
Double Murder Case Turns Cold
A double homicide in northeast
Portland’s Hazelwood Neighbor-
hood has gone unsolved for four
years and police are asking the
public’s help to help solve it.
On Oct. 30, 2014, police and
emergency medical personnel
entered a residence on Northeast
114th Avenue to check on a cou-
ple living there and found Jer-
ry Ephrem and his wife, Helen
Ephrem, deceased due to “homi-
cidal violence,” police said. Both
victims were 65 years old.
The investigation has yet to
uncover suspect information or a
reason why anyone would want to
hurt the victims.
The police, in cooperation with
Crime Stoppers of Oregon, are
asking for any leads to an arrest,
which can be submitted anony-
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