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Essay: “Intermingling of the Minds”

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Jennifer M. Kwan, University of Illinois-Chicago

Human eyes probably never expected to see the very molecules that make it up. The human brain probably never expected to manipulate the very code that directs its development. Together, humans have elucidated, collected, remembered and passed on a conglomerate of knowledge, from which we can draw on to create and accomplish extraordinary feats. As this is especially true in science and in the multidisciplinary realm of medicine, together, we will continue to build our knowledge and expand our capabilities and applications in medicine and beyond. Individuals are perfectly capable of achieving, but history demonstrates another trend: through collaborative efforts, done and organized properly, we can really channel the power and strength of human ingenuity. These synergies of individual work and talents have enabled us to launch humans into space, they have allowed us to sequence the code of life, and they have allowed us to treat and cure disease.