Tuskegee Research Problem

As the research subject voluntarily or involuntarily enters into the unknown, the doctor must follow in their footsteps, embracing fear and inaccuracy before anything else. Scientific research can be risky for all, but if it is successful, it could mean justice for millions. Not only do the doctors and subjects tip-toe into the void, but the whole world follows behind to watch them fall, get back up -or fail. Scientific research is a tool that can be used to create strength and reliability for the future. As hills are climbed, crests are reached and bigger hills are waiting in the presence, research is present for ranges of world problems. Scientific research can offer a solution to world problems that are both social and medical, thus
Although research is risky, it is needed in order to advance as a society to prevent the persistence of the same social problems. The Tuskegee research study began in 1932 as a research on the lack of treatment of Syphilis in African-American males. The U.S. Government offered the leading doctors at Tuskegee to conduct research on these males in order to compare it to the same study conducted in Oslo, Norway, which was conducted primarily on Caucasian males. In return, the government promised to provide budget for their own Syphilis treatment research. In a way, the government exploited the black doctor that was leading the research by explaining to him that the views of society would change if a black doctor produced successful data or research. By appealing to the doctor emotionally, they lured him into their trap of working for the government, therefore, the doctor took a step into the unknown and had no promised outcome. The exploitation of the research subjects without consent by the doctors take place due to the vulnerability of the the subject, such as having no education or income, making it their best interest to follow what an educated doctor might advise. The doctors lured the subjects into their trap by promising
Much like the Tuskegee research studies being performed non-consensually, the study of the HeLa cells were also non-consensual. With Henrietta Lacks being the dying research subject, the doctor stole her cells and used them at his own benefit. With Lacks’ cells being mass-produced and used in many experiments, they provided the world with new innovative ideas and products. With HeLa cells being the first immortal cells, they were able to be mass produced, meaning endless studies could be done on them. The cells allowed for a study to create the polio vaccine, which saved millions. The cells also allowed the study of DNA, cell reproduction, Chromosomes, and much more. The study of Chromosomes allowed for the diagnosis of syndromes, such as Down Syndrome. As HeLa cells were produced in a lab, packaged, and sent around the world, they were being sent to many other doctors and educated people. Henrietta Lacks was an uneducated tobacco farmer, who was a black woman, and very poor. Being a poor uneducated black woman, it was ironic that her cells were being used at all. Lacks helped doctors gain more education, such as Dr. Gey creating new ways to nurture cell cultures with a machine, or the creation of virology-the study of viruses. She also helped create cures for others, such as the