Science is the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. It is also one of the most controversial topics, some call it unethical, some say it is necessary for the evolution of mankind. When science and scientific research was suddenly new and a very popular profession back in the mid-1900s, the International Standard units didn’t exist, there were no rules, and little to no regulations. It was a huge mess, and unfortunately Henrietta Lacks, a 30-year-old African American woman, landed right in the middle of it. She had cervical cancer caused by HPV, something doctors and researchers didn’t know until after she died.
