The Cure, By Geeta Anand - 1347 Words

Some people succeed because they are destined to, but mostly because they are determined to† (unknown). This quote truly represents John and Aileen Crowley, the parents of John, Meagan, and Patrick in the book â€Å"The Cure,† by Geeta Anand. Having two of their children born with a life debilitating disease called Pompe disease, was hard to comprehend. Being told that their children have only months to live due to the fact that there was no medicine on the market to combat the disease, John decided to quit his marketing executive job to find a cure and make a drug that will save them. He invested himself and his life’s savings in a startup biotechnology company that grew from 27 million dollars to 137.5 million dollars. There were many challenges he faced throughout the entire story line, yet he continued to persevere which ultimately paid off. One of the biggest hardships he faced was after the drug was about to get tested. He was told that the drug would only b e tried on babies that were less than six months old and that his two children would not be included in the clinical trial. To hear that his children were not going to in fact receive the drug after all this time and effort was crushing, yet he insisted to find a way that they would get it. The scientist concluded that it would be good research to see if the medicine worked in siblings, and they made an exception to let these two siblings be included in the study. His hard work and willpower to succeed paid off when theShow MoreRelatedMulti-drug Resistant Tuberculosis in india1233 Words   |  5 Pagesto Stop proposed by the WHO in 2006 reports that MDR-TB is requiring a raise in fund from 1 billion to 2 billion by 2015. MDR-TB is a large threat in the third world countries such as India as there are lack of health care that is provided for the cure of TB, funding and support from organizations such as the WHO have provided the catalyst required to move the treatment for MDR-TB fur ther. MDR-TB is one of the most important researched diseases, the MDR-TB is much prevalent in the third world