Edwards Lifesciences

Healing Doors of the Heart

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Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of deaths around the world.  Many people believe that the disease is when a person gets a heart attack.  What the people don’t realize is that cardiovascular disease can effect a person in several different ways; heart attack being only one on them.

Abbott Laboratories

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Many people think that pharmaceuitical and medical device companies only make drugs or medical devices, but that is not true.  There are in fact many companies that produce medicines and medical devices for everyday use. For example, Abbott Laboratories produces

Genentech

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     DNA is the genetic blueprint of life and is found in every organ and every cell.  A cell in the liver has the same DNA as the cell in the heart so how is that every type of cell has a different function despite having the same set of instructions?  Shouldn’t all of the them be the same and behave in the same manner?

Johnson and Johnson

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Have you ever wandered if Johnson & Johnson made any products besides baby shampoo and skin care products?  You may not know this but Johnson & Johnson is also a leading manufacture of medical devices.

Internship vs CO-OP

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After researching into a lot of biotechnology companies, I have seen that some of the them offer internships to students while other offer COOPs.  After noting this, I thought to myself, why not do a post explaining the difference between the two.