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LI students honored for cancer research

Student scientists John Yang, 18, and Kayla Neville,

Photo credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas | Student scientists John Yang, 18, and Kayla Neville, 16, pose with the poster they used to present their findings about the toxicity levels of nanoparticles. (Jan. 5, 2012)

United by chance, two Long Island students spent last summer in a lab studying particles smaller than a human cell. The research has won them an award from national cancer-research groups -- recognition never before given to high schoolers.

Kayla Neville, 16, a junior at Commack High School, and John Yang, 18, a senior at Great Neck South High School, worked with an experimental nanoparticle...

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