Stem Cell Scholarship Essay

If one day you awoke and could not move nor feel your left leg, what would do? Do you even think of the probability of such a thing happening to you? Most people don’t, so it comes as a shock to one day have something that you’ve been blessed with your until life taken from you. No longer is the simple, thoughtless act of walking so insignificant. Never again can you drowsily get out your bed and go to the restroom. For the rest of your existence you will need aid, whether it be from a nurse, a family member, or a prosthetic. Now, think of all that, all that you have lost, all that you imagine you can never experience again, and wonder how much you would give to have it back. If given the opportunity, I would gratefully explore the science of regenerative human tissue to solve the dilemmas of both amputees and Stem Cell controversialists alike. To watch my granddad rely on my dad for mobility and to see him have to reach for a prosthetic in the morning hurts my heart. Many soldiers come home incomplete, often times feeling as if a part of themselves is missing and it’s not always so figurative, take my granddad for example. I detest the fact that men and women who risk their lives for …show more content…
My team and I had to design a product to aid a person with a disability. It sounded simple and to others it was, build a simple prosthetic and call it a day, however that wasn’t enough for us. How many prosthetics are out there? Thousands? Tens of thousands? All able to do the same amount of work for different prices. All able to alleviate the stress that comes with being an amputee but not eliminate it. During that project, my team and I realized that we were in tenth grade. No one expected us to create a revolutionary new medical technique and wouldn’t know where to start even if they did, but we did realize that the first step was