Personal Statement On Leukaemia

Throughout the three years I have taken biology-related courses, I have gotten a taste of the huge world of genetic research, which is what I hope to explore in the future.

Selecting the A level courses - Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Psychology were almost immediate choices for me, although, the open evening did allow me to further cohere my decisions greater. Considering Biology and Chemistry are required for the career I want, it’s only certain I choose and, ultimately excel in them. Selecting

I walked into my first period class. I immediately noticed something was off. It was the same old crowded room. But, where was Youko? Youko was always the first person in the classroom. I took my seat, which was next to Youko’s seat. Maybe Youko was running late.

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia is a cancer that affects your blood cells and bone marrow. Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is also called chronic myelogenous leukemia, it is the same disease, just different names. CML symptoms tend to come gradually and will usually happen to middle aged or older people. Furthermore, CML is caused when there is a problem in the genes of your blood cells. This causes two different chromosomes to switch places and make a new abnormal one. For this reason, CML has three phases; Chronic, accelerated, and blastic. Each phases has different symptoms and stages. In the event that a person is diagnosed with CML, there are treatments for each phase.

"Cancer changes your life, often for the better. You learn what's important, you learn to prioritize, and you learn not to waste your time. You tell people you love them” (Siegel 1). When cancer hits, it hits hard. It does not give a break, it does not give a day off. It takes a special sort of person to beat this growing disease. Leukemia is perhaps the worst of all cancers to date. It is especially affecting children more and more in today’s society. One might ask how could a parent that loves their child with their entire heart could cope with seeing their child go through so much suffering? How could they even begin to cope with this? Leukemia is the leading cause of death by disease in children and young adults between the ages 0-20

Moreover, I have chosen the major to continue to pursue my interest of the natural sciences and the medical field. Throughout my secondary education, I craved challenging myself and enjoyed seeing the results of working long hours after school in the lab and studying late at night. Specifically, one of the most rewarding experiences was an AP Chemistry lab in which I analyzed the iron content of staple foods through combustion--my favorite part--with a torch, colorimetry, and Beer-Lambert’s Law.

“You have to realize that every well person is a miracle, it takes billions of cells to make up a person, and it will only take one cell to be bad to destroy the whole person”, this quote is from Barbara Bush from one of her past interviews about a daughter she lost with leukemia (Cunningham, 1988). This quote reminded me five years ago, when my niece was diagnosed with leukemia. She does not only have one bad cell inside her body but she has extra 330,000 counts of white blood cells that are not normal. It was summer of year 2008 when my niece who is freshmen in high school was diagnosed with leukemia or cancer of the blood. Leukemia is a cancer that starts in the tissue that forms blood and

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As a college freshman, I had the opportunity to take Introduction to Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Research since I fulfilled my Biology

Consequently, I was inquisitive of nature and had a strong penchant for the sciences and math in school. Biology, specifically, piqued my interest. In fact, I was christened ‘Biology Balaji’, because of my zeal towards the subject. Post-school, I expected to see very little of biology, as I had taken up chemical engineering as my undergraduate major. However, to my surprise, I came across several instances of biology being integrated into the discipline, during the course of my study, and I had a pleasant time learning them. In particular, the biochemical engineering course in my fifth semester appealed to me; it was an exciting experience, studying biology from a chemical engineer’s

Since childhood I always excelled at quantitative and logical abilities. Thus, I had a strong inclination for mathematics and physics. This led me to opt for mathematics, physics and chemistry as my majors at higher secondary level (10+2). After completing high school with outstanding grades, I was interested in pursuing my further studies

As I began my undergraduate career in a life science program, I noticed that I gravitated towards chemistry and cellular biology. As a result, I decided to major in biochemistry. It was through biochemistry courses that I

This steered towards choosing Biology as my main stream in my higher secondary education. I am currently pursuing my undergraduate study in Bachelor of Technology at SRM University, India in Biotechnology with Medical module as my major. It provided me with a sturdy foundation of theoretical as well as experimental skills in courses such as Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology, Genetics, Vector Biology and Gene Manipulation, Animal and Plant Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering to name a few. This is my solid ganglion for further studies and research.

Leukaemia is a malignancy of bone marrow in which there is unregulated growth of white blood cells in the bone marrow. It is state when alterations occur in the normal regulatory process which results in uncontrolled production of stem cells in the bone marrow.

To accomplish my ambition at every stage I planned well and worked hard. Schooling infused in me a keen sense of analytical reasoning and scientific temperament. My ceaseless efforts and strong will power earned me a Distinction at intermediate level with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as majors.