By Emily Kowal
Publication Date: 2025-12-12 08:30:00
“Only an accuracy of 70.6 percent was achieved, which is a bit high, but definitely not suitable for clinical use.”
Michaela’s model also provided a finding that was supported by recent research.
“My AI model found that the gene transferrin (essential for transporting iron throughout the body) has a potentially significant impact on the development of breast cancer and the gene dysregulation associated with breast cancer. I found all this secondary research that confirmed my model’s findings.
“I couldn’t believe it. I thought, ‘Oh my God, oh my God.’ I woke up my mother!”
The project lasted nine months. “I call it my little baby,” Michaela said.
Michaela has a lifelong passion for STEM. When she was eight years old, she misplaced a boys’ periodic table T-shirt in the girls’ section of a clothing store because, as she said, “Why do we perpetuate these gender biases?”
In elementary school, she joined a lunchtime coding club organized by a woman…
