Growing up studying Biology I have increasingly become aware of the perplexity and beauty in which the subject holds. What truly intrigues me is the complexity of the human body, how one gene mutation can result in intriguing occurrences of unique diseases that shape people’s everyday life. With our technological advances we have the ability to discover and learn the reasons behind these cases that consequently bring about world-changing breakthroughs not only in medicine but our basic concept of the human body and how it works. My desire to comprehend these concepts in an area of expertise that is constantly advancing leads me to believe there is no better of a time to be studying this fascinating subject.
A-level Biology brings me the most enjoyment out of my chosen subjects as we explore topics such as DNA, cells and biological molecules. As the year progressed I saw how every topic links to one another …show more content…
The book entails a series of extraordinary tales which provide a remarkable insight to patients dealing with neurological disorders. What interests me is the preciseness of the human brain that is conveyed in the book, how seemingly ‘useless’ brain damaged patients on the outside are gifted with hidden talents. How different approaches of ‘systematic’ or ‘art’ therapy’s can help in leading to these brain damaged individuals recovery’s or everyday well-being. This prompted me to read the book ‘Do No Harm’ by Henry Marsh which provided a more physical insight to the anatomy of the human brain and the problems that can arise. Reading stimulates my passion to learn and has led me to weekly read the New Scientist issue. One of my favourite recent articles being ‘Alzheimer’s and smoking genes suggest we’re still evolving’ which describes how our genomes show modern-day evolution as certain variants of risk carrying genes are becoming
A-level Biology brings me the most enjoyment out of my chosen subjects as we explore topics such as DNA, cells and biological molecules. As the year progressed I saw how every topic links to one another …show more content…
The book entails a series of extraordinary tales which provide a remarkable insight to patients dealing with neurological disorders. What interests me is the preciseness of the human brain that is conveyed in the book, how seemingly ‘useless’ brain damaged patients on the outside are gifted with hidden talents. How different approaches of ‘systematic’ or ‘art’ therapy’s can help in leading to these brain damaged individuals recovery’s or everyday well-being. This prompted me to read the book ‘Do No Harm’ by Henry Marsh which provided a more physical insight to the anatomy of the human brain and the problems that can arise. Reading stimulates my passion to learn and has led me to weekly read the New Scientist issue. One of my favourite recent articles being ‘Alzheimer’s and smoking genes suggest we’re still evolving’ which describes how our genomes show modern-day evolution as certain variants of risk carrying genes are becoming