The killing cousins also known as David Alan Gore and Fred Waterfield were convicted of murdering multiple women after raping them. David Gore was the most recognized of the two because he was sentenced to the death penalty. Gore, killed four teenage girls and two women and Lynn Elliott is what brought about his capital punishment. On July 26, 1983, Gore and his cousin Fred Waterfield picked up Lynn Elliott and her 14 year old fried hitchhiking to Wabasso Beach north of Vero Beach. They were taken at gunpoint to Gore’s parents’ house where Waterfield and Gore raped them.
This was good for the world, thanks to Lacks cells, specialists can use these cells to help find cures for deadly diseases like
Henrietta Lacks, an African American tobacco farmer from southern Virginia, was diagnosed with cervical cancer at 30 years old. During her treatment at John Hopkins Hospital, one of the doctors took a piece of her tumor without her knowledge or consent and sent it to scientists who had been unsuccessfully attempting to grow tissues in culture for decades. There is no explanation as to why, but her cells never died. To this day they are still alive and have been used throughout the years to great advantages in curing diseases. Henrietta’s cells have played a part in some of the world’s most important medical advances such as the development of the polio vaccine, cloning, vitro fertilization, gene mapping, and they even went up in the first space
Collin Thornton 11/17/16 Pg. 113 Final Draft Two Personal Accounts of Exploration and Settlements The two selections that give the most complete picture of this historical period are The General History of Virginia and The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. In the early 1600s, Captain John Smith found himself in a precarious situation, the failing Virginia colony. Likewise, Olaudah Equiano was put in a difficult situation as he faced many atrocities on the slave ship at the hands of the slave traders and owners.
TIC673 HeLa Assignment 2018 In one of the best seller novel, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” the author Rebecca Skloot describes about the first human immortal cells that lived in laboratory culture and about the story of black, 31-year-old woman from whom these cells were obtained. The cells which not only proved to be most important in the field of medicine but also brought medical revolution were obtained from her without her or her family’s knowledge leading to the most debatable ethical issues. The following essay would describe the cell’s contribution to science, how they were obtained and some of the ethical issues violated. Henrietta’s cells did much good for the society.
Despite the good that has come from the cells it does not take away from the fact that these
Lacks’ Cells Alive for Medical Industry Benefits The story of Henrietta Lacks in this reading is fascinating. By using Ms. Lacks’ cells, medical science has developed many cures. By one woman contributing her cells decades ago without her knowledge, on an involuntary basis, the impact has become mind-boggling. At the same time, it is disheartening and shaming to know that Henrietta’s family was unable to pay for medical attention for her.
What scientists have found out is that it is very difficult to keep human cells in the lab for a long amount of time and days. When it is removed from the human body, most of it will die immediately or reproduce a limited amount of cancerous cells from a 31 year old woman named Henrietta Lacks who cells never died. An author tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, a woman who was diagnosed
On the afternoon of April 15, 1920, payroll clerk Frederick Parmenter and security guard Alessandro Berardelli were shot to death and robbed of over $15,000 in cash in South Braintree, Massachusetts. After a few weeks, arrests were made and charges were brought against two Italian immigrants by the names of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. A well known attorney, Fred H. Moore, was brought in to defend Sacco and Vanzetti. The accused immigrants had no criminal records, but were known as outspoken anarchists, labor organizers, and antiwar activists. These activities were viewed with great suspicion during this time period.
Research is very significant, and can not be done without the use of cells and tissues. It is very critical to find cells that can be tested on, and once these cells are found, they are vital to keep.
Prior to medical school, Doctor Clifford Dacso studied the philosophy of science4 and although this field does not directly correlate with his work as a doctor today, it gave him the foundation he needed to become the established and awarded scientist he is today. Dr. Dacso has an extensive list of education, as he has returned to study at many universities post-doc. Besides graduating as a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), he is also a Master of Arts (M.A.) and a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.). Furthermore, he has also received his Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Pepperdine University.4 Dr. Clifford Dacso is currently a professor of molecular and cell biology at the Baylor School of Medicine.1 In his research, Dr. Dacso aspires
However, after more recent research and reviewing much of the conjecture and comments made over the years by many writers of the events surrounding the murder of Cirkle and of the evidence that has assumed the culpability of John Gilbert and Jack O'Meally, and although as has been well established that O’Meally and Gilbert were indeed frequently in action in the area of the Miners Rest Inn at Spring Creek Burrangong then owned by Mr. Cirkle, consequently, on the new evidence it has become veritably apparent that O'Meally was the suspected shooter of Adolf Cirkle, but not in conjunction with John Gilbert, but another person named John Clarke. Furthermore, the article below appeared in the 'The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser'
I have always had a passion for learning about how the human body operates. I want to take my knowledge and assist patients in their process to get back to good health. If anything, this book has caused me to want to become a health care provider even more. Henrietta’s experience at John Hopkins was an unfortunate situation. The doctors probably did not expect her cells to be as advantageous as they were, but they still should have asked for her consent.
In “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”, Rebecca Skloot analyzes ethics in past scientific/medical studies, specifically Henrietta Lack’s case, to alter the way the reader sees how modern medicine came to be. Doctors took the cancer cells of a young, poor, African-American woman diagnosed with cervix cancer in 1951, without her consent, and used them to grow an immortal cell line that has made millions of dollars and is still used today. Skloot shows the effect Henrietta’s infamous cells (HeLa cells) have had on the scientific community presently and show the negative effect it has had on her family. The author wants the audience be aware of the how an essential cell line used in research was created with great ethical injustice. Skloot wants audiences to learn a little from Henrietta’s story and at least be aware of the ethical scientific issues today to form their own opinion.
Becoming educated and learning new information gives me more of a support to base my year off of it, but I encourage myself to be open minded and challenge myself with anything thrown my way. Learning about such a phenomenon not only fascinates me in the science behind finding cures for diseases and medicine, but also remind me of the simple lessons in life such as it is a wrong doing to ever take someone else’s property without permission and not even giving credit. This book has given an extension to my understanding of biology and I cannot wait to learn
