Internship at Medronic

World's Largest Standalone Medical Device Company

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XswzbsrF6iE

Medtronic is the largest medical device company in the world. The company has its US headquarters in Minnesota with several locations in California.  If you want to work on cutting edge research and want to be a force of change in the treatment of disease, then I highly recommend you to consider a career at Medtronic.  Medtronic offers internships and full time positions and if you would like to apply for an internship click here.  If you would like to learn about the technologies that Medtronic is currently producing, please continue reading.

Gilead Sciences

Advancing Research in Areas of Life Threatening Disease

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenofovir/emtricitabine

There are many diseases in the world for which we have not yet found a cure.  These diseases include HIV and Liver Disease.  There are many biotech companies that are researching for a cure for the disease and one may be close to finally producing one.

St. Jude Medical

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There are approximately 610,000 people that die from heart disease each year.  That is 1 in every four people.  With these numbers, heart disease has become the worst disease in the country.  How can we combat this disease?  What if a company can invent technologies that can transform the treatment of this disease?  Well, there is a company that can do this and much more.

Feed the World

Biotechs Helping to Eliminate Hunger Worldwide

(Source:International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) -) http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricephotos/5516789000/in/set-72157626241604366

Hunger has plagued mankind for centuries and it continues to do so to this day.  I have talked before about the different pathways in biotechnology that a person can take depending on their interests.  What if I were to tell you that there is a path in biotechnology that could help eliminate hunger worldwide. Would you believe me? Well its true.

Fuel the World

Biotechs Helping to Conserve Fuel World Wide

Source: https://pixabay.com/en/sign-gas-gas-station-ecology-oil-159248/

In the previous post, I suggested a pathway in biotechnology that makes use of genetics to detect and cure diseases.  What if you are not the type of person who likes genetcs?  What if you are a type of person that like industry?  Well there is a pathway in biotechnology for you.

Heal the World

Biotechs Eliminating Diseases World Wide.

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Many people are interested in biotechnology but sometimes they don't know which pathway to follow.  They have a general idea of what biotechnology is but still get confused on which direction to go.  If you are one of these individuals, then let me ask you this, do you want to heal the world?

Internships at Thoratec Corporation/ St. Jude Medical

Thoratec Coorportation- Fighting Heart Failure

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventricular_assist_device#/media/File:Blausen_0621_LVAD.png

There are many medical devices out in the world that promise somewhat normal life for those who have heart failure.  But by far the coolest device is Thoratec Corporation's Heart Mate II device because patients that have the device have no heart beat.  No heart beat you say! How can this be?