Biological Engineering Essay

Biological engineering is a type of engineering that uses biological and medical science to create products ranging from medicines to genetically-altered animals and plants in order to solve medical problems that is occurring in the world as of right now in hopes to cure diseases such as AIDs, STIs, and even cancer. A biological engineer’s job is to analyze and design solutions to problems in biology and medicine with intentions to advance the quality of medical care. Biological engineers usually work in places like universities, hospitals, research facilities, and government areas and they normally work full time. In order to pursue this career, you need a bachelor’s degree. Locations of employment occur in at least 30 states such as Texas, Florida, and California (please refer to the second link of the “works cited” page for the full list) in the urban areas. As of May 2012(due to lack of reliable sources for the pay of 2014), the pay people receive from this career varies depending on location and the industry. Hourly pay, according to the “U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics” (BLS), ranges from $41.81 to $43.84 or $86,960 to $139,450 per year with the highest wages coming from Colorado ($104,550) and Minnesota ($103,440) while the lower pay states ($58,380-$74,030) are reported to come exclusively from Arizona, Nebraska, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina and Oklahoma. It is also shown that the longer you work in biological engineering, the more money you can receive as if you work for less than a year, you are expected to earn between $40,709-$79,631 while if you worked for more than 20 years, expect your salary to be in between $49,833-$127,477.

According to bls.gov, there is a 27% employment growth for biologi...

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...curred during January 2000. An animal species known as the Pyrenean Ibex was confirmed to be extinct however scientists have attempted to clone DNA from the remaining females before the species went extinct. This led to a problem if the scientists successfully created the ibex: the species will continue to be extinct do to the lack of a cloned male as technology was not quite advanced yet. The cloning project happened anyway and during the project, only one ibex managed to be born alive, however it died 7 minutes later after birth due to severe lung problems due to having its cells combined with goats to preserve the specimen.

With the steady advancement of biotechnology in the future, there will be plenty of medicine that will be able to cure previously incurable diseases. In addition to this, the health care of sick patients will dramatically improve in the future.