Colorectal Cancer

A Warning to the Young

Authors

  • Andy Granados University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Author

Abstract

Colorectal cancer is found in the colon or rectum. It often starts as benign polyps (tumors). With time, these benign polyps then turn dangerously cancerous if not removed by a colonoscopy or surgery.

Author Biography

  • Andy Granados, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Andy is a freshman bioengineering major at UIUC and a member of the Double Helix Digest club. Andy loves writing informatics pieces that bridge science and storytelling. On campus, he is immersed in soft-robotics research, where he helps build compliant actuator prototypes for K-12 education. This summer, Andy is assisting on a pressure-ulcer-relief wheelchair project, integrating sensor feedback and adaptive soft-actuator designs to improve user comfort. Down the road, Andy plans to pursue graduate studies in biomedical engineering and channel his skills into developing next-generation cancer-therapy devices. 

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Published

2025-07-14

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025): Double Helix Digest at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: An Undergraduate Journal Focused on Biology, Chemistry, and Related Fields

Section

Shorts