Alzheimer's Contribution To Society

Millions of people each year all around the world are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. It is a neurological disease that deteriorates the brain and its cognitive functionality. It affected my grandfather and in turn, touched my life. I know exactly what it is like when a close relative is diagnosed with the Alzheimer’s. It slowly turns someone into a shell of their former selves. Alzheimer’s disease exemplifies the saying that we all go out the same way we come in. Meaning we come in as children not knowing anything and as life comes to an end it is the same way. Alzheimer’s and other diseases that affect the nervous system plague civilization and I hope that my contribution to society will allow me to find a cure. Out of all of the events that have happened during my lifetime, not a single one has had a greater impact on my life as much as the loss of my grandfather. When I was young I would spend a lot of time with my grandfather every day after school he would pick me up and take me back to his house. He would entertain me with magic tricks or
I have learned that there are no current cures for the disease, but there are some medications that can help improve symptoms to a degree. The contribution I plan to execute is a possible cure for Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological diseases. I want to implement a computer chip into the spinal cord and use that in unison with the brain to upload information that would otherwise be out of physical capability. This would completely revolutionize the entire world as well as improve the quality of life exponentially. Someone with a malfunctioning brain can use the information off of the chip to help them do things they were not previously capable of doing. The contribution I want to make to society through my profession will not only save lives it will create