jesram

Ever since I was a child, I knew biology was something I wanted to do when I grew up. My passion for curiosity and the simplicity of wanting to know more has always been a drive in making me want to learn about many things. Nonetheless, biology has been a particularly intimate interest of mine as studying it helped me find comfort and a way of exploring the unknown from the safety of my room. Life is a fascinating phenomenon and learning about the foundations of life, the building blocks, and its evolution is unmatched. It shows us what we're made of, how, and the wonders of the universe that resides within us.

I hope my proposal to research anti-cancer bacteriophage therapies like EnAd can help pave the way for future research and development into devising cost-efficient, effective, and safe alternatives to treating various forms of cancer. In slowing the impacts of cancer, I also hope we gain a greater understanding of this mutant aggressor and even devise a way to one day fully eradicate its reign. Perhaps viruses, whom we have thought of as long-time enemies, have held all these years the secrets not to eradicate us but to help us prosper.

January 2018