HeLa Cells: Taken Without Consent and Used for Profit HeLa cells have been around for 65 years. Most people have never heard of HeLa cells. Medical researchers‚ scientist and biologist know all about them. HeLa cells are a group of cells or “line” taken from a patient and used for scientific research. These groups or lines are usually named after the donor. The cells get their name from the first two letters of the first and last name of the donor. In this case‚ the donor was a poor black woman named
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VENERATION WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING & WHO MADE RIZAL OUR FOREMOST NATIONAL HERO - Renato Constantino‚ Esteban De Ocampo Veneration without Understanding‚ written by Renato Constantino‚ was made in order to convince the Filipinos who have doubts how and why Rizal is considered the national hero. Constantino compared the Philippine hero to many nations in which he explained their heroes were leaders of the revolution and ours was adjacent to such revolution: Washington – United States‚ Lenin –Soviet
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the practice of getting something for nothing - manipulating markets and assets so you don’t have to work or produce added value‚ just manipulate people and things. Today there are professions built around making wealth without working‚ making much money without paying taxes‚ benefiting from free government programs without carrying a fair share of the financial burdens‚ and enjoying all the perks of citizenship of country and membership of corporation without assuming any of the risk or responsibility
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A world without computer This is a world without computers. I have once believed that the world would not change much because I’m not interested in computers at all‚ but it turned out to be quite the opposite. When I got up early in the morning‚ I found the sun still shining in the sky‚ the streets were still congested with cars. “ Oh‚ I have said that‚ nothing will happen!” I murmured to myself. On my way to my school‚ everything was going in order.“Ha！It‚s peculiar that there
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Was Henry VII ever in serious danger of losing the crown after 1485? It is possible to agree that Henry VII was in serious danger of losing the crown after 1485 due to rebellions like Lambert Simnel‚ Perkin Warbeck and Lovell. However‚ it is also possible to disagree with this statement because Henry held the two princes people were trying to pretend to be and Henry was also well prepared for these rebellions. The Lovell rebellion in 1486 was the first of a series of rebellions Henry faced. It
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EA2 A Life without Technology Every time I experience a power outage I would just usually lie on the couch and sleep through the whole ordeal. I could not imagine life without electricity to power all of our devices that helps us live through our everyday experiences. Putting electricity aside‚ every aspect of our life is touched by technology. Our transportation‚ everyday communications right down to the present method of teaching is influenced by technology. Have you ever wondered how people
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Life Without Friction By: Anthony Cacciato Life without friction would be dangerous. There would be things flying all around and no one would be safe from an airborne bicycle. You would not even be able to stand on your feet. You would not be able to eat or drink. Life with no friction would be deadly. Nothing would be able to sustain life without friction. We would all die if out of the blue friction went away. There are four kinds of friction and they all help us go throughout our daily lives;
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Can war ever be justified? War is an inevitable part of the history of humankind. Unlike natural happenings‚ war is an action of people inflicted of other people. This issue has raised ethical problems‚ which are still problematic till today. War is by common sense evil‚ but can it ever be less evil? There are a number of varying options when discussing the issue of a ‘justifiable war’. Some people argue that war is always justifiable while others argue that it can never be. Some maintain that
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It was the beginning of February of my senior year in high school. I had been conditioning for months leading up to tryouts for the baseball team so I was in the best shape of my life and I was confident. The past three years before that I was put on the JV team because the coaches didn’t like my “attitude”‚ so my senior year I was determined to get a starting spot on the varsity team no matter what. During tryouts the coaches would always look at me like I didn’t belong and would whisper things
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Our society is full of battles with malevolence. A world without conflicts and hostility is unnatural‚ because human beings are not able to live harmoniously and peacefully‚ we fight to survive‚ and we are simply just imperfect. Where there are people‚ there’s war. Human beings aren’t able to live harmoniously and peacefully. We are born as selfish and greedy creatures‚ leaching off each other in secret. Proud‚ inconsiderate‚ and rebellious traits barely describe our inner selves. We are always
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