Isn’t that the coolest? 
How about modifying the body’s own defenses to do an endrun around a million years of evolution and go after cancer or viruses?
Biotech is big enough and wide enough that you don’t have to get a “biotech” degree. If you go into research and move up to the top of some segment of inquiry, someone will want you.
Unimaginative, uninspired people go down the mainstream path to blend in with the herd, but then are surprised they can’t get a job because they look like everyone else. Don’t do that. Follow your passions.