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    Unlike something ever seen before‚ Henrietta’s cells were placed into a petri dish to see if they would grow‚ and they did. As a matter of fact they have yet to stop growing. Some would call it a medical miracle‚ and those that discovered it “Heroes of Modern Medicine”. Many would argue that scientists had the right to take Henrietta’s samples‚ after all Henrietta signed “a form”. Many would justify the doctor’s actions and overlook misconduct or abuse of power as they neglected to inform Henrietta

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    Part two of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks discusses the fate of Henrietta’s cells after she passes away. George Gey‚ the doctor that originally received Henrietta’s cells without her permission‚ asks her husband if he can perform an autopsy on Henrietta so that he can gain more knowledge on her cells. He wanted as many of her organs as possible to see if they would grow like the HeLa cells. Day refused at first because he planned on having a funeral‚ but Dr. Gey insisted that he perform

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    Love in the Time of AIDS At the dawn of the AIDS epidemic‚ Maggie Kneip’s husband‚ John Andrew‚ was diagnosed with the highly stigmatized disease. In the aftermath of his death in 1991‚ Maggie lived with secrecy and shame. Neither her husband’s eulogy nor his obituary made mention of AIDS. But the coverup robbed Maggie of the right to properly mourn the loss of a man she loved. Now‚ more than 25 years later‚ Maggie is taking back that right‚ telling the truth‚ and reckoning with all that was left

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    The three foundational moral standards pertinent to the ethics of human subjects comprise of respect‚ beneficence‚ and justice. The integrity of research plays a noteworthy role in evidence-based research. (Houser‚ 2015‚ p. 52) “Research involving human subjects‚ ought to be directed under strict moral rules. The integrity of research requires more than meeting basic ethical principles for the treatment of human subjects. The researcher’s work must demonstrate integrity in all phases of the research

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    Siddhartha Mukherjee wrote the article “Do Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer?” in the New York Times Magazine on April 17th‚ 2011. Maukherjee is an American physician‚ scientist and writer. He currently is an assistant professor at Columbia University and is a physician at Columbia University Medial Center in New York‚ New York. Mukherjee is most known for his work with the formation of blood and the interactions between micro environment and cancer cells. He has many accomplishments such as his book

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    The only way I could reflect off of the story is how a doctor stole a bantam sample of cells from Henrietta Lacks‚ without her consent and telling her so. Henrietta Lacks departed from cervical cancer. This is relatable by reason of I have experienced my belongings used or taken from without being told. An example I could utilize to relate to this situation would be when I was at work and my little sister used my makeup. My little sister did not ask me if she could handle my makeup‚ nevertheless

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    Children ask a lot of questions and even young adults are curious about life. Dr. Rebecca Palacios wrote‚ “Children’s innate curiosity plays a big part in their “why” questions. Their curiosity about the world around them helps to build concepts‚ skills‚ vocabulary‚ and understanding of the unknown. And you can help channel their curiosity and need to know why so that you help foster learning in a positive way” (Palacios‚ Rebecca). She explains that asking and wondering why things are the way they are helps

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    She is part of the reason why science has made it to where it has. She is the reason doctors can make cures for diseases. She is the contributing factor to most of the discoveries made‚ In regards to health and research. She is Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta unfortunately had cervical cancer and upon going to the doctors in the 1950’s‚ cells from her tumor were sent for research without her consent; and unfortunately the credit/rights that her and her family deserves have been thrown in the air. Medical

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    This novel goes through the story of a woman named Henrietta Lacks. The book is based of her story that started with a cancer that was discovered in her when she thought she was possibly pregnant because of a feeling of a knot on her cervix. Although she wasn’t pregnant they did find out she had a cervical cancer. Little did she know that some of her cancer tissue was removed and sent to George Gey’s lab in Hopkins. The scientist there‚ one named Gey ‚ have been trying to get human cells to divide

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    For many decades‚ HeLa cells have helped scientists develop many achievements in vaccination‚ mapping chromosomes‚ and even cloning. HeLa derived from the first two letters of the first and last name of Henrietta Lacks. These cells were taken from her in the 1950’s without her or her family’s knowledge. Only twenty years after her death did they discover its’ existence. Living as African American women of lower economic status during Henrietta’s time compared to life now are very different lifestyles

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