TeenLife 2024 Your Future in STEM Guide

LESSER-KNOWN STEM CAREERS
By Larry Griffin
ou may be considering your options
for careers in STEM, and the field is
larger than you’re likely imagining.
Beyond the standard jobs in tech,
working at the big name-brand
companies, or developing apps in
Silicon Valley, there are innumerable
possibilities as to what you could do
with a STEM degree once you’re done with school. Many
of them can take you places you might not have gone
otherwise, while others are perfectly suited for those
with specific passions they’re looking to follow.
STEM ultimately incorporates many facets of how
the world keeps moving forward. One of them is the
detection and treatment of diseases. You could become a
gene therapist. According to an article by Twig Education,
gene therapy involves replacing a defective mutant
allele with a functional one, which could eventually be
developed into a way to fight diseases, like cancer and
AIDS. One recent case saw a French sickle-cell patient
cured of his disease when scientists figured out how to
alter the genetics in his bone marrow to start producing
healthy red-blood cells.
It’s not all about working in the cold recesses of a lab,
though. Maybe you want to work outdoors. In that case,
consider taking a job as an aquarist, specializing in caring
for marine life and preservation. That could involve
taking care of endangered sea creatures in captivity or
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