The people were yet pressured by the authority to continue and keep causing harm to the student which would make the experiment unethical. Overall, I feel like this was a successful experiment and the studies were efficient or…
The woman behind the HeLa cells, Henrietta Lacks, holds relevant today and forever. The unethical acts of the scientific and public health community lead to consequences that create a lasting impact on affected communities. Henrietta’s story and other immoral research practices have left a stain on the way disadvantaged groups view medicine, doctors, and public health. This stain will lead to a decrease in the efficacy of their healthcare and in turn hinder them even further.…
Introduction This paper reviews the views of Samuel Hellman and Henry Beecher and their contrasting views on human experimentation. Hellman states that human experimentation is inherently wrong, while Beecher states that it was accidentally wrong. Hellman justifies his position from the perspective of patient-centered care, and against the notion of clinical equipoise. In contrast to Hellman, Beecher, justifies his position based upon past experiments, their flaws, and how to change procedures of experimentation to morally justify them.…
The article, “The beauty of Bodysnatching”, By Druin Burch is a piece that brings to stage questions of morality, and furthermore the implications of one’s ability to transcend societies limitations. Burch begins the article by introducing different anatomists all practicing in the same period of time, each of whom found their own unique way of coping with the controversy that came along with practicing surgery in the 1800’s. Burch centers his article around one anatomist in particular who had a great many differences from the other surgeons spoken of, both in his practice and in his way of looking at anatomy, this anatomist was Astley Cooper. In a time when desecration of the dead would be greatly taboo, Astley Cooper found a view of the world that allowed him to overcome the limitations that bridled most surgeons of the time.…
The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy When I started reading “The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy” I didn't find it interesting, I don't know if it was because it was a book about another book or because I thought it was going to be like Gray's Anatomy the show but it wasn't. However, the first thing I noticed about this book was the illustrations, they were magnificent. The bibliography was the other thing I noticed, I always knew that you needed sources to make a good book, but Bill Hayes had eight pages of sources!…
Synthesis There are many issues about informed consent that are located within the articles “Deal Done Over HeLa Cells” written by Ewen Callaway and “Taking the Least of You” written by Rebecca Skloot. In “Deal Done Over HeLa Cells,” it notifies the readers about the cells of Henrietta Lack’s and how they were taken away from her body without her or her family’s consent. In “Taking the Least of You,” it states the issues about informed consent that Ted Slavin, John Moore, and William Catalona have had. Both of these articles strongly agree that medical researchers and taken and used information and parts of the body without the consent of the person from which it was taken from or the family. [What should be done about informed consent?]…
In the essay “Stripped for parts” written, by Jennifer Khan the general concept she is addressing is how morbid it is for dead people and their bodies to be harvested for it organs. The way she starts the essay is by using a narrative approach, and the reason there is the narrative approach is for more effect of emotion to the readers. Her thesis statement that grabbed my attention the most was “Compared with such micro scare cures, transplants- which consist of salvaging entire organs from a heart- beating cadaver and sewing them into a different body- seem crudely mechanical, even medieval (124.) ” This was the quote that best fit the essays perspective since it really brings up how it is not okay for this to be done to people. Khan uses all…
In 1997,scientist joseph and charles vacanti, placed a cow's cartilage cell on the back of a living mouse. The scientists wanted to see if they could form a manufactured ear on the rodents back, and the results were amazing. Joseph and charles were able to fabricate a human ear on the mouse. Now, researchers are able to explore the possibility of growing human body parts on the people that don't have that certain part . animal research has been around for almost 150 years when physiology became a science.…
Surgeries to enhance intelligence, steroids to make super soldiers, cloning human cells, recreating organs, bionic eyes, when are we going to stop. In “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, the main character Charlie Gordon, has a mental disability that makes his income of knowledge slower than most people. He undergoes a surgery that makes him smarter but in the end it leads to his death. There are many procedures in life that are similar to the procedure done in the story that exist and could potentially lead to disastrous outcomes. Science should not be used to advance human abilities because it is not cost effective and it is harmful to the patient.…
If a patient were to have a single finger amputated during the mid-nineteenth century, his or her surgeon could expect a death rate of roughly 50% due to the spread of infection (“Joseph Lister”). Today’s death rates due to surgical operations are significantly lower due to the work and contributions of one biologist: Joseph Lister, the pioneer of cleanliness in surgical practices (“Joseph Lister (1827-1912”). Joseph Lister was born to Joseph Jackson Lister and Isabella Harris in the village of Upton, England on April 5th, 1827 (“Sir Joseph Lister”). The elder Joseph Lister researched optics, the study of light, which initially motivated the younger Joseph Lister to become involved in the biological community. In addition, Lister’s father’s inquiries aided in creating an important tool in biology: the compound microscope.…
When Francis Crick and James Watson(top photo) discovered the secret of life found in DNA, many believed that the genetic revolution was upon them. As the understanding of genetic code grew, people began to hope for healthier lives and an end of inherited diseases. Although the fear of scientists playing god grew as well. This simple molecule was now basic unit of creation, and another pair of scientists were looking to find how its structure worked.…
Stem-Cell Research What if prosthetics could be a thing of the past? What if accident victims could grow back their missing limbs? This can possibly be accomplished with stem-cell research. So what's the issue?…
The last line of logic that stuck out to me is experimental originality. This line of logic provides material that contributes information and research to the field. It also makes sure the research has not been excessively repeated in other studies. Dr. Inge has brought new data to this field of study. He has answered questions that have not been addressed before making his primary study original.…
Xenotransplantation: A Risk Worth Taking? What transpired in October 1984 was something akin to a scene in a science fiction novel: the first ever infant was transplanted with a baboon heart. The baby came to be known as Baby Fae, and because of a rare heart condition—and lack of money thereof—the mother gave a green light in having the transplantation of a baboon heart performed.…
Medical science has only begun to become ethical. In early medical studies, scientists and doctors were able to perform, what we would call today, torturous experiments on people without permission or informed consent. Unfortunately without these hideous experiments or controversial studies, we would not have been able to cure or treat people with a deadly disease. The movie, Lorenzo’s Oil, displays the four ethical theories and highlights some of the ethical principles while lacking others. This movie shows that successful science does not always play by the rules.…