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Theranos was founded by Elizabeth Holmes, Stanford dropout turn creator of a multi-billion dollar enterprise, while the company goes against the ethical stance of Utilitarianism it’s actions can be justified with Kant’s moral position. Theranos was founded as a medical service that would be able to diagnose a patient with a variety of diseases with a simple prick of a finger. Holmes first came up with this idea while attending Stanford University, this idea was quickly shut down by every…

The best society is one in which every member is driven to lift an equal part, and no one is left with too little or too much of the weight. The books The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Never Let Me Go by Rebecca Skloot and Kazuo Ishiguro, respectively, illustrate the consequences of when this balance is broken. This arises as a result of the existence of people who give to, but do not receive from the common good. Contrary to how they function in these books, societies are most successful…

The Immortal Live of Henrietta Lacks is a book by Rebecca Skloot is about Henrietta an African American woman who develops cervical cancer as a result of her cancerous cells which will have a major impact in medicine and science. The book is base on the hundreds of interviews Skloot did to Henrietta’s friends and families. Although her cancerous cells did help scientists with the development of treatment. It also raises a hot topic if it was right for them to use them she they have as the family…

During my first semester at ECC, my composition class studied the book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” by Rebecca Skloot. The book was written based on a true story about Henrietta Lacks and the unethical treatment and research done on her by Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1951. Henrietta Lacks received radiation treatments for cancer, which charred the exterior of her body and eventually spread the disease throughout her body even more. At first the treatment worked as it dissipated the…

In 1950’s Maryland, segregation was at it’s height-Jim Crow laws were in effect, schools were separate but equal, and the Klu Klux Klan had a mainstream following. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, a black woman, whose cancer cells were taken from her without her permission. Though her lifespan only amounted to 31 years, the effect of her immortal cells will last an eternity. Although Henrietta was an African American woman, she received the best treatment…

Suspense in The Evening and the Morning and the Night “The Evening and the Morning and the Night” is a short story by Octavia Butler. This is a short story about a girl named Lynn Mortimer who was born with a disease called Duryea-Gode disease (DGD). DGD is a genetic disease that causes adults to become self-destructive.It is caused by a drug called Hedeonco, which cures certain types of cancer. If an adult has DGD and reproduces, their child will automatically have the disease. When adults…

Adversity in Science Cold. Death. Uncertainty of surviving. Those were the conditions of Douglas Mawson, Australian explorer investigating Antarctica for scientific research. Henrietta Lacks, a woman who had her cells taken without permission, only for scientists to find out they rapidly multiply and help studies towards illnesses (Immortal Cells, Enduring Issues). Phineas Gage was a person who had a metal rod shot through his head and lived, which helped contribute to brain science (Book and…

Due to being an avid reader since the age of six, I have read a wide variety of books. The latest book I’ve finished, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, is among the top of my favorite book lists. While reading it, I came to the conclusion that in earlier times of medicine, there was quite a few Caucasian doctors who did not share their motives or the African American patients results from tests, whether the tests were actually needed or not. Many of the African American patients were very…

Carol W.Greider is a biologist who discovered something very important. When she completed her Ph.D. from the university of Cal Berkeley She then went of into researching of the cell. She then saw a thing called a telomerase that can cause cancer if destroyed. She was researching in Long Island, New York when she discovered a protein that stops telomerase from disintegrating. She then got the nobel peace prize for discovering that in the year 2009. Carol Greider was born in San Diego she then…

Maria Sklodowska was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1967. She was the daughter of a school teacher and went to school to receive a general education in her local schools as well as some scientific training from her father. She soon found in necessary to leave Poland and head to Paris to continue her studies. Marie studied at the Sorbonne where she obtained licentiateships in Physics and Mathematical Sciences. She met Pierre Curie who was a professor in the school of Physics, and he became her…