I read through many of the posts above and for the most part, everyone is interested in the immediate results. It makes perfect sense and I agree. People want to see the fruits of their labor. One of the reasons I chose to be a biomedical engineer was to “help people”. However, I do want to point out that long term research is crucial because there is so much unknown information that still needs to be uncovered. In tissue engineering/ regenerative medicine for example, all cell differential pathways are not fully understood for stem call use or how to seed cells on decellularized organs. Technological advances are currently being made for these examples and more but work within this field will be considered long team because there isn’t a distinct path or end goal. Long term research is needed to see optimal results.