User:Reed Biomedical Technologies/Mark Wells

Mark Wells is an accomplished scientist working with Reed Biomedical Technologies Department of Bioengineering. He has worked for Reed Biomedical for over fifty years and has been contributed to the development of several important Biological Technologies.

History
A life of comfort and pleasure would not come easy for Mark Wells, early prenatal screenings showed that he possessed a defect of the 15th Chromosome, better known as Angelman syndrome. His mother, Jane Wells applied to become part of a clinical trial being conducted for Prenatal Genetic Programing. After three weeks of therapy, scientists believed they had corrected the genetic error and stopped the treatment.

Marcus C. Wells was born April 6th, 2496 at Chalke Memorial on the colony world of Circumference as a healthy boy. After a week in the hospital, the family returned home to their flat in the inner city. His father, Richard Wells was employed as a Factory Manager at a local Misrah Armory industrial center, and his mother a consultant to a marketing firm located in Derita.

His childhood would be rather normal, as most working families did, he was enrolled in daycare and did not see much of his parents. At age four he began attending Orchid Preschool, where he showed exceptional learning ability, including learning to read at four years 5 months. His parents were extremely proud of their son, and encouraged him to learn as much as he could. Even as a toddler Mark was extremely inquisitive and spent his days reading and using the computer rather than playing with other children his age.

During his Kindergarten year, his teacher Kelly Thompson recommended young Mark attend the prestigious Tanner Academy, a private school located on the outskirts of the city. Over the next few months, his parents managed to scrape together enough credits to pay for his enrollment and began his accelerated learning. Over the coming years he significantly outpaced his classmates in every subject area, including sciences.

However, Mark's devotion to schooling would severely affect his personal life. As a child he felt stressed, and did not develop social skills for many years. By 2511 he was accepted to the acclaimed University of Michigan on Earth, with a full scholarship in medicine. His college years would be his first real social experience, and would lead to a relationship with Linda Bishop.

He would complete Medical School at the age of 24 and became employed with Reed Biomedical Technologies to work with the Department of Biomedical Research as a lab technician. He became well liked for his work ethic and punctuality, and a prime candidate for advancement. The next year he was transferred to Atlas to join Biological Weapons Development after a researcher was killed in an high-speed automobile collision.

2523 would see the marriage Mark Wells and Linda Bishop, the small ceremony occurring on the banks of Lake Michigan.

Wells work leading up the the Human-Covenant War was considered some of the best to come out of the program in years. Wells contributed to the creation of a virulent-strain that afflicted soldiers somatic nervous system and initiated temporary paralysis for up to 96 hours. After the attacks on Harvest, Biological Weapons Development's staff would be diverted to the Department of Pharmaceuticals in order to assist in research for use in field hospitals and first aid.

In 2536, BWD was revived and allowed to conduct research of Covenant specimens and possible creation of a weapon that could be used against the Covenant. Wells was promoted to Head of Biological Weapons Development, and was was responsible for restarting the program. Within two years the team managed to create an effective bioweapon for use against enemy infantry, tests would show that the weapons would yield over 98% casualties for affected individuals.

Due to the Covenant's superior technology, they were able to develop countermeasures for the weapon, prompting a perpetual war of advancement between the Covenant and UNSC scientists. Over the next 15 years, Wells program would lead to several UNSC victories though use of biological weapons, but the Covenant managed to render the weapons useless only after use one or two times.

During the Human-Covenant War, his marriage became heavily strained due to the two's long hours threatened to pull them apart. At this time his wife worked as Chief of Surgery at Requiem Hospital. During 2551, he was promoted to Head of the Department of Bioengineering, becoming the youngest man to serve in the position in the history of the company.

After the War, Reed Biomedical Technologies settled down after 27 years of constant research. The Department of Bioengineering slowly shifted focus from Bioweapons to the creation of vaccines and treatments. In 2570, Wells would be the main contributor to the development of a treatment for Huntington's Disease.