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The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

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What is scientific curiosity? When we think of scientific curiosity, it is often associated with animal and human experimentation to discover new heights. According to Sarukkai Sundar, scientists attempt experiments because it give them excitement “ the pleasure of discovering something new, satiating curiosity, engaging with something beautiful”. People in the world, most notably doctors have the highest track record of executing illegal experiments on animals and people, some doctors have used their title as an excuse to pursue their own motives. In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll a renowned doctor who looks for the meaning to life; while searching he stumbles on his darker half seeking to let …show more content…

Throughout time we have had story about scientific experiments cases. One story for example is the book The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a man Dr. Jekyll says “I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my consciousness, - I had to learn to dwell with pleasure , as a beloved daydream, on the thought of the separation of these elements- even before the course of my scientific discoveries had begun to suggest the most naked possibility of such a miracle” (Stevenson 43). According to the quote we can suggest that Dr. Jekyll is searching for a miracle to separate his two persona’s evil and good for personal reasons. People in the world can interpret Dr. Jekyll actions as a means of evil or good. In the Publication Pressure and Scientific Misconduct in Medical Scientists by Joeri Tijdink, He administered a nationwide survey and “A total of 315 scientists participated in the survey; 15% of the respondents admitted they had fabricated, falsified, plagiarized, or manipulated data in the past 3 years. Fraud was more common among younger scientists working in a university …show more content…

Imagine a world where we could replace stem cells and create artificial organ, a world will no one will die. In article The Legacy of the Hwang Case: Research Misconduct in Biosciences, “In 1999 he(Woo-suk Hwang) announced that he had successfully created a cloned dairy cow, and few months later a Korean cow”. According to the quote Mr. Hwang was able to create an exact clone of a dairy cow with his research on stem cells, meaning that if the cow’s original donor were to be injured they could use the cloned cow organs to repair original. The way Mr. Hwang accomplished artificial cloning according to the article Woo Suk Hwang by Aimee Cunningham, On “ May 2005 they had used cloning techniques to create 11 stem cell lines, each one the perfect genetic match of a different patient, another first. In August 2005 they introduced the first cloned dog”. And in October 2005 they announced a plan for a stem cell bank open to scientists worldwide. In other words using human stem cells and merging with an animal embryo so it can survive on its on living like a baby in a fetus. The question you may be asking is why not just keep the clone instead of healing the original? Well, from Mr. Hwang experiments the embryo was only able to last anywhere from three to five years. Though this seems like all good news there is some fraud and violations in Mr. Hwang work. In, The Legacy of the

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