Finding a Cure for Cancer Together

I cannot believe it is week 8. I have grown tremendously from nearly starting at the beginning of cell culturing.  I knew that researchers worked as a team, though they still had their individual projects. There are constant communication and collaboration efforts even in their individualized projects. The research community is constantly interacting with one another.

The question is, do different areas of science and engineering communicate together?

Cancer is a fight that is different for each person it affects, but the fight against cancer is a united front of various routes. The research paths lead to the same end in the fight against cancer, but the team effort is what keeps the fight alive and growing. Cancer is a fight that is different for each person, and individualized treatments are needed for each battle. There is more than one way to fight cancer. The cure itself is not just one method but several combined methods that take out cancer on all the possible fronts.

During this summer, I have been around different types of engineering from biomedical to mechanical to material science and biology. I have learned that collaboration is endless because everyone has different ideas and knowledge, and different viewpoints are necessary. I have learned so much not only about cancer and how the cancer cells interact with their microenvironment, but also how biomaterials can be used to mimic the cancer microenvironment.

– Alston-Lauren Feggins, Florida Institute of Technology