Krtin Nithiyanandam
Sutton Grammar School
Published: March 8, 2026
Event Date: September 21, 2015
Researcher
Achievement Award
Event Description
Krtin Nithiyanandam is a British medical researcher and innovator known for his award-winning scientific work as a teenager. He gained international recognition for developing a potential early diagnosis test for Alzheimer’s disease and researching treatments for triple-negative breast cancer.
Summary
At age 15, he won the Scientific American Innovator Award at the 2015 Google Science Fair. He developed a "trojan horse" antibody that can cross the blood-brain barrier to attach to toxic proteins, potentially detecting the disease 10 years before symptoms appear.
Award Details
Scientific American Innovator Award
Institution Details
Sutton Grammar School
Educational Institution