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Ten\u00eda problemas para dormir y, a veces, incluso para respirar.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e1s tarde, una cirug\u00eda de escoliosis realizada en el Lucile Packard Children&#039;s Hospital Stanford corrigi\u00f3 una curvatura de su columna vertebral (gracias a varillas y 18 tornillos), pero no hubo soluci\u00f3n para sus problemas de vasos sangu\u00edneos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToda mi vida me han dicho que no hay suficiente investigaci\u00f3n y que no hay cura\u201d, dice Dillon.<\/p>\n<p>Incre\u00edblemente, Dillon nunca perdi\u00f3 la esperanza y ha aprovechado sus experiencias de la infancia para impulsar su vida y marcar la diferencia en la vida de otras personas con enfermedades graves. Afirma que su hemat\u00f3logo del Hospital Infantil Packard, el Dr. Michael Jeng, ha sido un modelo a seguir y un apoyo invaluable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl Dr. Jeng ha sido mi mayor inspiraci\u00f3n y me impulsa a seguir mi sue\u00f1o de estudiar medicina y realizar investigaciones y brindar atenci\u00f3n a pacientes afectados por enfermedades y malformaciones incurables\u201d, afirma Dillon.<\/p>\n<p>Tras llegar a Boston para su primer a\u00f1o en la Universidad Northeastern, Dillon se sumergi\u00f3 en sus clases de biolog\u00eda. Un profesor percibi\u00f3 su pasi\u00f3n durante una conversaci\u00f3n y lo anim\u00f3 a participar en la investigaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica del campus.<\/p>\n<p>Incluso siendo estudiante universitario, Dillon brill\u00f3 en el laboratorio. Era el asistente de investigaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s joven y comenz\u00f3 a escribir art\u00edculos sobre la relaci\u00f3n entre el c\u00e1ncer de mama y los conservantes alimentarios. Sus estudios sobre c\u00e9lulas de c\u00e1ncer de ovario resistentes a la quimioterapia fueron premiados. A pesar de todo, Dillon compagin\u00f3 la investigaci\u00f3n con sus clases y se convirti\u00f3 en un referente entre sus compa\u00f1eros. Sent\u00f3 las bases para que otros lo siguieran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImpulsar a otros a perseguir sus sue\u00f1os de cambiar el mundo a trav\u00e9s de la investigaci\u00f3n me inspir\u00f3 a crear un club en Northeastern, el Club de Investigaci\u00f3n de Pregrado\u201d, dice. \u201cQuiero ayudar a quienes tienen grandes aspiraciones a entrar en el campo de la investigaci\u00f3n y hacer descubrimientos\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Los \u00e9xitos de investigaci\u00f3n de Dillon le valieron un puesto de verano en una empresa de biotecnolog\u00eda del \u00c1rea de la Bah\u00eda que fabrica c\u00e9lulas para tratamientos contra el c\u00e1ncer, incluyendo el Packard Children&#039;s, el mismo hospital que atendi\u00f3 a Dillon durante su infancia. Este verano, Dillon realiz\u00f3 una pasant\u00eda en el Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n Ames de la NASA, donde fue investigador asociado a cargo de investigaciones de biolog\u00eda espacial y l\u00edder de programa y mentor de 10 estudiantes universitarios.<\/p>\n<p>He dedicado mi vida a encontrar las curas del futuro para quienes enfrentan enfermedades incurables y potencialmente mortales. No puedo imaginar un prop\u00f3sito m\u00e1s gratificante que generar esperanza y ser el cambio que he deseado para otros en mi vida, dice Dillon.<\/p>\n<p>No podr\u00edamos estar m\u00e1s de acuerdo.<\/p>\n<p>Gracias, Dillon, por tu compromiso con la investigaci\u00f3n y con nuestros donantes que no s\u00f3lo apoyan estudios que cambian vidas, sino que tambi\u00e9n apoyan a los ni\u00f1os bajo nuestro cuidado con grandes esperanzas y sue\u00f1os para el futuro.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dillon Nishigaya, de veinte a\u00f1os y residente de San Jos\u00e9, creci\u00f3 rodeado de m\u00e9dicos y medicina. 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