<ul><li>Heman Bekele won America's Top Young Scientist award by creating a soap that aims to heal skin cancer.</li><li>He is a ninth-grader at WT Woodson High School in Virginia and is passionate about medicine and programming.</li><li>Bekele's soap, called Skin Cancer-Treating Soap (SCTS), costs just $0.50, making it an affordable alternative to traditional treatments.</li><li>He plans to improve the soap further and establish a non-profit organization to distribute it in underserved areas, especially in developing countries where skin cancer is prevalent.</li></ul>

Who is Heman Bekele? America's Top Young Scientist winner who created soap for treating skin cancer

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