Mission of B3 - Introduction
Hello! Thank you for visiting this blog. The mission of this blog is to disseminate essential knowledge of life science in bite sizes to the masses. Before you start associating life science with those boring lectures, I can assure you that the following would be entertaining. In fact, it is ESSENTIAL for you to know the TRUTH. Carry on reading to find out more.
Why do I blog on life science, when there’s plenty of website loaded with tons of biology facts and figures? Yes, the internet is flooded with life science information and most of which is too detailed to be appreciated by the general public. Not to mention most of us, including myself in the past, won’t be searching for such information unless I am working on a school assignment or suffering from a major disease which I am not familiar of. Touch Wood!
After speaking to numerous people from researchers to cab-drivers, I’m perturbed by the fact that the gap in terms of life science knowledge between a researcher and a layman is far too wide. Most people do not understand the word DNA or cancer. A researcher can be telling me how p53 is involved in the cancer pathway, and a cab driver is asking me, ‘What is cancer? Will you die?’
As Singapore develops into a world-recognized life science hub, and technologies such as stem cell treatment and genetic therapy becomes the norm in years to come, there is a NEED for the masses to understand how our body functions, not just at the cellular level but also at the molecular level. Only with knowledge, can the public understand how these near future treatments works and slowly accept them.
In short, this blog aims to achieve the following goals:
Why do I blog on life science, when there’s plenty of website loaded with tons of biology facts and figures? Yes, the internet is flooded with life science information and most of which is too detailed to be appreciated by the general public. Not to mention most of us, including myself in the past, won’t be searching for such information unless I am working on a school assignment or suffering from a major disease which I am not familiar of. Touch Wood!
After speaking to numerous people from researchers to cab-drivers, I’m perturbed by the fact that the gap in terms of life science knowledge between a researcher and a layman is far too wide. Most people do not understand the word DNA or cancer. A researcher can be telling me how p53 is involved in the cancer pathway, and a cab driver is asking me, ‘What is cancer? Will you die?’
As Singapore develops into a world-recognized life science hub, and technologies such as stem cell treatment and genetic therapy becomes the norm in years to come, there is a NEED for the masses to understand how our body functions, not just at the cellular level but also at the molecular level. Only with knowledge, can the public understand how these near future treatments works and slowly accept them.
In short, this blog aims to achieve the following goals:
- Give you a basic understanding of how our body functions, at a cellular and molecular level.
- Make you understand and explain common life science terms, e.g. cancer. It defeats the purpose if you can’t explain these terms, and share the knowledge with your friends and family members
- To develop your interest in life science.
To achieve these goals, I will be sharing with you how I comprehend this seemingly complicated subject in the most fun and interactive way to ensure these knowledge anchors in your brain. Contrary to school teaching, which offers you all the information you need to know, the information will be presented in a Q&A format. This is to develop critical thinking and the habit of asking the right questions. To effectively understand the concepts, it would be good to figure out your own answers for each question before reading the given answers. The whole idea is to compare and contrast with what you have already known and coming up with you own understanding of the concepts.
Be INFORMED and SHARE the knowledge
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