Ignorance is not bliss and major social ills are generated from a love scientific failure to ask questions and rethink assumptions. The process can be applied to any subject area and therefore science is the key to progress and beneficial change. Agricultural science improved crop yields, moving human civilization beyond subsistence. Science drove the invention of the printing press which freed the custody of knowledge to the masses rather than the elite, facilitating scholarship, the media and civil rights. Science led to the invention of machines without which most of us would be helpless in modern life. Medical science has lengthened our life -Monsheel Sodhi, eimproved miracle to arrive and impact our lives. Pharma why I
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Ignorance is not bliss, and major social ills are generated from a failure to ask questions and rethink assumptions. The scientific process can be applied to any subject area, and, therefore, science is the key to progress and beneficial chan ge. Agricultural science improved crop yields, moving human civilization beyon d subsistence. Science drove the invention of the printing press, which freed the custody of knowledge to the masses rather than the elite, facilitating scholarship, the media, and civil rights. Science led to the invention of machines without which most of us would be helpless in modern life. Medical science has lengthened our life expec tancies through the ongoing discovery of antibiotics, vaccines, improved surgical proce dures, and novel medical treatments. And, finally, the mysteries of biological creation are being unlocked with the mapping of the human and other genomes, which initia lly took years of team effort, but which can be conducted within hours using new DNA sequencing technology. Science and technology are moving so fast that I wait expectantly for each new miracle to arrive and impact our lives.
Understanding the chemical processes that create our thoughts, memories, and behavior represents the final frontier for enquiry into human physiology. I work as a scientist with a mission to discover novel drug targets that will lead to impr oved outcomes for patients with psychiatric disorders.
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