dr. anirban maitra was a professor of oncology at johns hopkins university, and now heads pancreatic cancerresearch at m.d. anderson cancer center in houston. he says his curiosity was piqued by jack's proposal. >> dr. anirban maitra: well, it's not every day that you get an email from a 15-year-old that comes with a detailed protocol, with methods and supplies and what pitfalls you might run into. and i said, "maybe i'll get you a corner in my lab and we'll have one of the post-doctoral fellows supervising you. let's see where all this... this all goes." ( laughs ) >> safer: for the next seven months, after school and on weekends, jack's mother would drop him off at the lab where he learned basic lab techniques and worked on developing his cancer test. >> jack andraka: finally, one day in march, i realized this was actually working. like, it was working amazingly. because it was passing all of these preliminary tests. and i run out and, pretty much, like, screaming around the lab. i finally go out and rush into my mom's car. and, like, me and her are screaming in the car. and then, of cour