Microeconomics

AB224 - Microeconomics

Research Paper Draft – 50 points

1) Title of your research paper: Cancer Research

2) Introduction – The introduction should contain a ‘hook’, a general quote or interesting fact. Then two or three broad, general statements, and the thesis statement.

Each year the government invests a lot of money into cancer research and there is still no cure for cancer, therefore, research funds should be exclusively for those researchers who show signs of progress in finding a cure for cancer. Cancer is one of the diseases that have cost billions of dollars in an effort to find successful treatments and an eventual cure. For this reason alone the government must ensure that the funds are used properly to ultimately find that long awaited cure.

3) Body of the paper - your three major points. Here you present the information you have collected, state the purpose of the topic, and assess its impact on the the different economic actors. Various sources should be used and clearly listed.

1- The facts about cancer. It is a well-known that cancer is a disease caused by the uncontrolled and abnormal growth of cells in a person’s body.

2- Treatments and prevention. It has been said that with the proper diet and exercise plan most cancer can be prevented.

3- Advances in research. As of yet researchers state that cancer cannot be totally cured; however, with the right treatment and diet plans cancer patients are able to live longer than before.

4) Conclusion of your research paper – Should sum up the reasons you have given that support your thesis. You should add insight by giving some thoughts on the implications of what you have just written or proven.

With thousands of lives being lost every year to this awful and dreaded disease, it is a shame if the government is not doing everything humanly possible to beat it. One thing that can be done is simply placing the funds in the hands of the...