Intro: PKU (Phenylketonuria) is a genetic disorder where the body lacks a certain enzyme which breaks down PHE‚ which in turn leads to dangerous build up of PHE. History: PKU was discovered in 1934 in Norway by Dr. Asbjørn Følling. A mom of two kids came to him in dire need of help after being denied by many doctors. She was denied because the doctors failed to realize what was wrong with the children. He was told of their unusual appetites and behaviors and was unable to come up with a diagnosis
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This girl was a scientist and an author she wrote books. She earned a master’s degree. In 1941 she finally wrote her first book. People would meet Rachel Carson and their face would fall off of how pretty Rachel Carson was. At the age of 48 she adopted a kid it was a boy about 11 or 10 years of age. Rachel Carson is working and finishing a book that she wrote called Silent Spring. Then Rachel Carson quit her job and just studied science and sea creatures. There was a cure to save this bug disease
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Danny Hurdubei Mrs.Morris English 101 9:30 14 November 2012 Should Henrietta’s Family Receive Compensation Henrietta’s cells have contributed many great things to both the medical and science fields. Her cells have also started many multi-billion dollar companies that specialize in selling her cells in vast quantities. Yet the Lacks families have received little recognition and compensation from the cells. Many people have argued that no one should be able to profit off their own
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The book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is about the pursuance of a social good by science‚ but at the expense of a family’s very own social good. Henrietta Lacks was a member of this African American family‚ and it was the HeLa cells that were taken from Henrietta Lacks that proved to be an improvement in science‚ more specifically and importantly‚ medical treatment of patients with cancer. These cells have also generated a great amount of money for the main company that sells them for use
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Spencer Knight Summer Reading 8-15-14 Religious Faith I am Catholic so I believe in a just and fair world. In this story‚ it sounds far from just that. In this story‚ racism is still a big thing around the time this story takes place. Henrietta is a poor black woman who is treated unfairly in the Hopkins hospital due to that fact she is black. She could have possibly been saved and probably would have if she was white. Her cells were stolen and the Lacks family did not even know about until
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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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