While the whole field of bioengineering piques my interest, I want to learn about the most pressing issues in the field. What areas of bioengineering require the most attention? Are there any illnesses or diseases that should be placed on top of the priority list of bioengineers?
Presently, news channels across the country are documenting the need for an H1N1 vaccine. At the moment, H1N1 is one of the more urgent problems on the list of health experts, doctors, and bioengineers, but what will be some of the more ongoing issues that will eventually require years of research and attention? Is it a cure or suppressant for Alzheimer’s? Should we keep focusing our attention on autism? Or will bioengineers have to focus on the obesity epidemic plaguing this country by storm?
As I move forward in my education in bioengineering, I want to learn what will require my attention in the next fifteen to twenty years, not just this month or year.
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