The Next Big Thing
All through time scholars and fortune tellers have tried to predict the next big thing to hit, whether it is general or a specific, they have tried. No one knows when it will hit until it does, like Fleming's serendipitous discovery of the antibiotic penicillin. At this, the dawning of a new millennium, we should recall that little more than a hundred years ago it was a popular opinion that nothing of any great importance was left to be done, and then radioactivity, quantum mechanics, antimatter, and various vaccinations came along. Today's science is an open forum for all. Serendipity contains a collage of significant scientific discoveries in the fields of physics, biology, chemistry, astronomy, medicine, and even archaeology. My hope is that the next big thing is the advancement o
By 1980 it had become clear that immunology held great promise for treating diseases as diverse as cancer and arthritis. In pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Biology, I hope to put my mark in this field and become part of what I believe is the next big thing. For these reasons I believe that soon more funding will become available for this study. I believe that immunology is the next big thing because this field is so vast and versatile. In the past 20 years, however, powerful microscopes and improved laboratory techniques have helped detail the strategies of both defenders and foes. Of course with the disintegration of old disease there will be new ones to conquer and therefore new challenges in the field of immunology. The proof that we'll have of this will be the discoveries of new treatments as well as the curing of diseases that were once thought to be destructible forces, for example AIDS, cancer and diabetes. Sometimes our defenders are caught unprepared, and we develop a cold, the flu, or worse. We sleep securely, trusting the invisible vigilantes of our immune system. For decades immunology-the study of the immune system-was a backwater of medicine. Science as a whole as always been an interest of mine and I believe that all aspects of this field work together as a conglomeration. It encompasses fields of understanding the human body to the development of vaccinations and pharmaceuticals. In reality we did not have the instruments to explore the battlefields within us. Sometimes these warriors mistake harmless invaders, such as pollen, for deadly foes, and they mount an allergic reaction. We have evolved legions of defenders, specialized cells that silently rout the unseen enemy.
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