![]() These experiences prove my passion for one day having a scientific impact, and they have shaped me into a rugged, hardworking, resilient and intelligent biochemist for global change. In the face of such challenges, I’ve never wanted to quit. So I enlisted a few of my colleagues from my institution to share some costs (we all have to pay for most of our own research supplies) however, this depended on us needing similar supplies for our research. I needed to buy chemicals from Sigma, devices such as bucket centrifuges and magnetic stirrers, and a few expensive reagents. No research grants were available, and as a student, I did not have sufficient money for my thesis work in the lab, which cost more than 500,000 Nigerian naira (over $1,000). When I was working on my undergraduate research thesis, I felt excited to be doing my first study in the lab and worried about funding the research. I had to cancel the experiment while I awaited the miraculous moment when the electricity would turn on again, hoping my research wouldn’t be interrupted by another sudden power outage.Īnother difficulty is insufficient research funds. My entire day was wasted, I felt enervated from the hand-stirring and, most importantly, I could have gotten malaria. This altered the constant revolution - I had to improvise by hand-stirring with a spatula for three hours while sweating profusely in the dark and being attacked by female Anopheles mosquitoes. At exactly 1:10 a.m., without any warning, the electricity shut down. Some time ago, I conducted a chain experiment on the drug release of a drug-loaded liposomal formulation using an electrical magnetic stirrer hot plate for 12 hours at two-hour intervals of buffer collection and replacement at an equal volume of 5 milliliters. One such challenge is the lack of stable electricity. Doing real science anywhere comes with challenges, but conducting research in Africa has peculiar difficulties that can discourage our attempts hence I often feel like a frustrated and disabled scientist even though I’m brainy. I aim to contribute new knowledge to science despite the economic challenges in my country. Victor Nweze and his mother at an event in Lagos State, Nigeria, when he was 2 years This may alter the protein conformation and prevent viral internalization through the molecular interaction with angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 of the alveoli in the human lungs. dulcis inhibited the spike glycoprotein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. I conduct drug discovery experiments using natural products from local plants such as the climbing shrub Chasmanthera dependens, the neem tree Azadirachta indica and the almond tree Prunus dulcis to uncover their medicinal potential.įor instance, at the peak of the pandemic in 2020, I used bioinformatics tools to find that the glycoside quercetin-3-O-rutinoside from P. Science brings wonderful memories of my mum - like eating her delicious melon soup - and this ignites my zeal to make impactful discoveries. My goal is to save millions of lives worldwide. As a result, I decided to become a biochemist with a research interest in antibiotic resistance and drug discovery. neurosurgeon Ben Carson.Īs a young teenager, I did some research and learned that beta-lactamase and cabapenemases were the proteins most responsible for the drug resistance and hypervirulence of that bacteria. Like many of my friends, I wanted to be a medical doctor, inspired by the movie “Gifted Hands” about the U.S. I was just 10 years old then and wasn’t sure about my future. to be surrendered to but to be overcome, for in overcoming do we gain the inner conviction and resilience to succeed. In drug discovery research from natural products and drug delivery formulations. overcome seemingly impossible odds." -Ebony "Some say he would be a great man even if he never picked up a scalpel." -Parade "He is a model to all the youth of today." -Jesse Jackson "He works miracles on children others have written off as hopeless.Victor Nweze is a research assistant at the University of Nigeria. Filled with fascinating case histories, this bestselling book tells the dramatic and intimate story of Ben Carson's struggle to beat the odds - and of the faith and genius that make him one of today's greatest life-givers. Taking you into the operating room where he has saved countless lives, Ben Carson is a role model for anyone who attempts the seemingly impossible. In Gifted Hands, he tells of his inspiring odyssey from his childhood in inner-city Detroit to his position as director of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Medical Institutions at age thirty-three. ![]() Ben Carson is known around the world for breakthroughs in neurosurgery that have brought hope where no hope existed. FROM INNER-CITY KID TO RENOWNED NEUROSURGEON THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF DR.
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