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Benjamin Solomon Carson was born on September 18, 1951 in Detroit Michigan. He grew up poor and a single-parent household with his mother he had bad grades and a horrible temper to take six were not in his favor. Suddenly Ben's mother uneducated herself challenge for two children to read and believe in themselves, Carson give a lot of credit to his mother for pushing them to do their best. At 33, he became the youngest major division director in the hospital's history as director of pediatric…

As Rachel Carson once said, “ If I had influence with the good fairy, I would ask that her gift to each child be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.” My scientist that I chose for this assignment was Rachel Carson. She was a Marine biologist, and studied Natural science. She was known for her writings on nature. Rachel was born on May 27, in 1907. She was born in Springdale, Pennsylvania, where she had grown up. When she was 57 on April 14, she had…

than three, and be specific.) I take great pride in being acknowledged in a recent Nature scientific journal publication entitled “Epigenetic Editing of Ascl1 gene in Neural Stem Cells by Optogenetics,” which stems from my work as a research intern at the Indiana University School of Medicine. I am also proud to have had the opportunity to present my research work as a semi-finalist at the Armed Forces-sponsored Southern California Junior Sciences and Humanities Symposium. Last but not least, I…

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot displays the controversy as to whether or not the public has a responsibility to support scientific progress at all costs. This controversy became evident after Henrietta Lacks’ cervical tissues were taken from her body without her consent and then her cells, which became immortal, were used for medical research everywhere and her family did not know about it. These cells have helped the medical field in…

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…

Eugenie Clark entered the male dominated world of marine biology. In the early 1940s, she participated in her first underwater dive. Shortly after, she carried out several more and the Navy presented her the invitation to study in the Southern Seas. While in this region, she viewed over three hundred unique species of fish, which were basically nonexistent during this time. Only after a few years, Clark journeyed hundreds of feet beneath the ocean’s surface to examine sleeping sharks that were…

Did you know that Dr. Benjamin Carson is the first American Neurosurgeon to successfully separate a conjoined twin who were joined at the top of their heads? Dr. Carson grow up in poverty with a single parent who dedicated her life to make sure her son would become successful in life. “As a child I hated poverty,” Dr. Carson stated within his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. Although he was born in a situational stage were poverty was his main obstacle, Carson mother didn’t allow the…

monetary gain from cells that help cure cancer and different diseases. The medical industry has used the HeLa cells to its advantage in exploiting the use for its gain through untold profits. As Rebecca Skloot mentions in the novel “There’s no record of Hopkins and Gey accepting money for HeLa cells, but many for-profit cell banks and biotech companies have.” (Skloot…

Mohini Vadalia The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Henrietta Lacks, the wife and cousin of David Lacks, and a mother of 5, Lawrence, Elsie, David Jr.(Sonny), Deborah, and Joe. She was a poor, black woman who died of cervical cancer in 1951. The hospital where she was receiving her treatments, her doctor had withdrawn samples of her cancer cells without her knowledge and permission. These cells began reproducing endlessly. Even after Henrietta had died, her cells were still alive. They…

For the Manitoba teenager Warren Pryor, the super hero of last week’s bank heist, had saved two children’s lives. But nobody knows that Warren Pryor lived an extremely frustrated, hopeless life. Warren, a 23-year-old banker who graduated with a master degree in finance had worked in BMO bank in Manitoba for few years. He born into a poor family, Warren grew up with a patriotic heart. Warren lived in a small town called George Town located in North Manitoba. People live in this town are mostly…