Bioengineering

Organ supplies are stagnant and scarce. This poses a critical issue. Fortunately with today’s technology, (aside from human transplantation) two major potential solutions have derived: xenotransplantation (the process of replacing human organs with animal organs) and organ engineering or tissue engineering (creating tissues and organs from human cells). Aside from the promising benefits and breakthroughs, these two methods are far from perfect, and although there has been successful cases, there…

has proven to be successful in the case of genetically altered twins, Ningning and Mingming. The work was performed in a lab in China, where scientists used the new genome editing procedure called CRISPR. While CRISPR is relatively new to the bioengineering world, scientists have yet to try this new technology on human DNA for lack of long-term results to these…

For plants to be categorized as organic, they cannot have been grown with the use of man-made, chemical pesticides, synthetic pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, or bioengineering. In order for animal products to be considered organic, the animal could not have been administered growth hormones or antibiotics. The conventional method of farming uses an array of different chemically made, synthetic pesticides including herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides as well as a variety of fertilizers…

World hunger is accredited to be one of the direst problems facing humankind today. Up in ranking with, the climate change, the sporadic global economy, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and cyber governance. All appear to be trivial problems which the Nobel Peace Prize was created for especially. World hunger proves to be the biggest issue of them all, causing the death of millions worldwide, and a surefire problem nowhere in sight. This leaves me with the question, how would I go about ending…

As you have heard, synthetic biology is an emerging technology that has made great advancements in a short amount of time. Though the public’s capacity to imagine misuse scenarios as a result of new developments in synthetic biology are vast, in reality institutional and structural capacities remain limited. Taking these limitations into account, synthetic biology still has an incredible amount of potential. This potential has implications for how America addresses its security concerns in the…

A novel by Larissa Lai, published in 2002, Salt Fish Girl melds elements of Chinese myth and culture with science fiction to make commentary on current issues such as gender and sexuality, biotechnology, and the dangers of capitalism. Born in the United States of Chinese descent, Lai was raised in Canada, and graduated from a Canadian university with her PhD in Sociology. She is currently a writer, poet, and professor of literature at the University of British Columbia (“Larissa Lai”). Lai’s…

Statement of Purpose I am a senior at Wichita State University studying Biomedical Engineering. I expect to graduate in May of 2018 with magna cum laude distinction. As an undergraduate, I have the opportunity to tutor underclassmen in physics. Eventually, I became an undergraduate teaching assistant as well. Both of these made me realize how much I enjoy helping students learn, which made me think about pursuing graduate education to become a college professor. Assisting in a biomechanics lab…

themselves out of whatever tight spot they were in and achieve their mission goal. I became enthralled with the idea of pushing technology, and the human body, to its limits, and soon found myself enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania as a bioengineering major and center of their women’s basketball team. While I was fortunate enough to receive many personal accolades during my time at UPenn, the two that are most important to me are winning the Ivy League Championship and being named a…

In the movie Gattaca, a scientific fiction, directed by Andrew Niccol, the aspect of genetics has been portrayed to be either ethical or unethical. Vincent Anton Freeman genetically modified himself to be similar to Jerome Eugene Morrow. Vincent always had a passion in working in the aerospace corporation, however, with his health issues he had from birth; he was unable to be part of the company. For a while, he worked as a janitor in the aerospace company called Gattaca. After a few weeks of…

College is a colossal step towards an individual’s career. It develops a person intellectually and builds character. (Source F) It’s a pending topic discussed between graduates and high school graduates: the reoccurring nuisance of money. Not everyone can afford the astronomical price of college, but rest assured that college is worth every penny. Universities mold students to become successful in their field and earn more than others without degrees. The outstanding benefits of college are the…