On reading - The Cure
"The Cure" is a story about the development of the first drug for the Pompe disease (http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/pompe/pompe.htm). I learned about this book because of one of the developer, Dr. Yuan-Tsong Chen (陳垣崇), was sponsored by 台泥, and thus the success of the drug made a great fortune for the company and made a great news at that time (~2006). The author, Geeta Anand, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and a WSJ journalist, vividly described the story of the Crowley family. The young father, John Crowley, a Harvard business school graduate, jumped into the world of drug development without any medical background to develop the cure for his two kids. It could be said to be another "Lorenzo's Oil". BTW, Lorenzo has passed away in May this year.
The story is profoundly moving to me, and provided a great clue for me, who is facing the question of career planning. This story reminds me of the enthusiasm I had when I decided to pursue a life sciences-related career life. After all, the most reason of drug development should be trying to find the cure for incurable disease, and people would devote their whole life for that. And, since the economy is going so bad and it's going to be worse, maybe it is easier to get a PhD, kerker.
Anyway,I would recommend this book for people facing a tough decision for their future. Even though we may not be in the field of drug development, but we could see how devoted a man could be for his job if the job will determine the life of his family. Most of us don't face such situation, but it's important to find a job and even a life that we can really devote into. And it would be even beeter to have some kind of faith that will remind you whenever you feel lost in the job.
The story is profoundly moving to me, and provided a great clue for me, who is facing the question of career planning. This story reminds me of the enthusiasm I had when I decided to pursue a life sciences-related career life. After all, the most reason of drug development should be trying to find the cure for incurable disease, and people would devote their whole life for that. And, since the economy is going so bad and it's going to be worse, maybe it is easier to get a PhD, kerker.
Anyway,I would recommend this book for people facing a tough decision for their future. Even though we may not be in the field of drug development, but we could see how devoted a man could be for his job if the job will determine the life of his family. Most of us don't face such situation, but it's important to find a job and even a life that we can really devote into. And it would be even beeter to have some kind of faith that will remind you whenever you feel lost in the job.
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