Do we own our bodily tissues? This question has came about in many different situations. One example is with the Lacks family. In 1951‚ doctors removed some of Henrietta Lack’s cells without consent and formed a line of immortal cells‚ her cells. The Lacks family had no idea about Henrietta’s immortal cells and didn’t find out for years. Care must be taken to protect the patients from having their cells stolen. But how much protection? Who should own the tissue after it has been removed from the
Premium Medicine Law Physician
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is based off of how an author named Rebecca Skloot‚ describes learning about an African American woman named Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks died in 1951 as a result of cervical cancer‚ but her cancerous cells became the first immortal human cell line‚ which would be known as HeLa. Rebecca explains how HeLa made some of the most important discoveries possible in the 21st century. Rebecca then introduces Deborah Lacks‚ Henrietta’s daughter‚ who turns out to be
Premium Henrietta Lacks Cell culture Cancer
During exercise your body must adapt to the added stress and pressure you are putting onto it. The heart plays a very important role in maintaining homeostasis during exercise. When exercising your heart rate increases and the “Left Heart” have to pump out more oxygenated blood to the entire body. The sympathetic nervous system also plays an important role during exercise. The sympathetic pathway comes out of the lower cervical and upper thoracic segments of the spinal cord. The sympathetic
Premium Heart Parasympathetic nervous system Acetylcholine
Motivation in Sport Spencer Shelburne Clearwater Christian College Abrahamsen‚ F. E.‚ Roberts‚ G. C.‚ Pensgaard‚ A. M.‚ & Ronglan‚ L. T. (2008). Perceived Ability and Social Support as Mediators of Achievement Motivation and Performance Anxiety. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports‚ 18(6)‚ 810-821. The purpose of this study performed by these Scandinavian researchers was to examine the relationship between motivation‚ social support and performance anxiety. The participants
Premium Motivation Physical education Regulatory Focus Theory
It was there in that moment that HeLa became Henrietta Lacks: a person‚ a mother‚ a loved one. The name HeLa was so well known and widely worked with‚ yet Henrietta and her family were virtually unheard of. It is likely that this separation significantly contributed to the way Henrietta’s cells were sold and
Premium
The ethical issue presented is the story of Henrietta Lacks‚ or more aptly‚ the use of her cells. Mrs Lacks was born in 1920 and grew up as a poor‚ uneducated woman. Around 1951‚ at the age of 31‚ she passed away due to cervical cancer. Before she died however‚ doctors at the Baltimore hospital where she was treated‚ removed some of her tumour cells. These cells were soon discovered to be unique‚ as they could thrive in laboratory conditions‚ something which was never seen before in human cells.
Premium Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot Human papillomavirus
Wharton‚ Jr. to remove the tissue from Lack because she was not given informed consent about the removal of her cells; therefore‚ preventing her from making an autonomous decision. According to Kant‚ it is vital to treat people as means rather than ends (powerpoint slide 2). It may be argued that it was justifiable to remove a sample of tissue from Lacks because they have played a key role in many medical breakthroughs;
Premium
What case can be made that it was the lack of regulation of the banking sector that led to the financial crisis of 2008-9? What are the new regulatory structures that are being proposed in the US and UK? The preconditions of the 2008-9 crisis were high unemployment‚ high growth which was stimulated partially by foreign investment caused by imbalance of current accounts on the international arena (ie. Huge debt of US and the UK and surplus of China‚ Korea‚ Japan). Large part of the problem was
Premium Bank
Lab Exercise 2: Acceleration A. Objective This experiment will provide data to calculate the acceleration of a marble as it rolls down an incline plane over measured periods of time. To do this‚ the marble’s velocity will be determined and then its acceleration. 1. What is the distance between two marks in your inclined plan? -50cm 2. What is the angle of your inclined plan with respect the horizontal? -16degrees 3. Newton’s first law says a body at rest will remain at rest unless
Premium Arithmetic mean Velocity Errors and residuals in statistics
Informed Consent: The Rights of the Patient and the Responsibilities of Researchers In Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks‚ a major issue is presented: the absence of informed consent in medical practices. This is predominately seen in 1950’s cancer patient Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta was diagnosed with cervical cancer at John Hopkins hospital shortly after giving birth to her oldest child‚ and was treated with radiation. Neither she nor her family knew the extreme dangers she faced
Premium Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot Physician