Edmund Beecher Wilson There have been a huge amount of scientists who have made extremely important contributions that help us better understand science today. More specifically, many have made contributions to the field of genetics. Now we better understand genetics and can learn from the experiments and findings of great scientists from the past. Edmund Beecher Wilson was one of those great scientists, having been a pioneering American zoologist and geneticist. He was the son of a circuit judge, but instead of going into the field of law, he chose to study biology at Yale University.
Their professional responsibilities exceed any personal values they may have while on the job. At the same time, the HIM’s road is paved with unexpected ethical dilemmas that must be dealt with precisely as outlined by federal laws, regulatory rules and a strict code of ethics. The management of patient health information has been an area for concern for everyone involved in the delivery of healthcare since the recognition and need to document scientific research and medical discoveries. Medical science would not be advanced as it is today had it not been for the enlightened foresight of our early physicians and scientists who aspired to share and record their experiments and outcomes. At the expense of human subjects, great medical breakthroughs occurred that are still in practice today.
These people just don’t understand the concepts of exploitation and scientific research. To have one’s cells used for medical research is very scary. No wonder in the novel people were frantic when hearing about the Hela cell. This book has made me more mindful of what I allow my doctor and other health care professionals do to my body. I feel that I feel more of an urge to really pay attention to what I give consent to and the meaning behind bioethics.
(Miller, 2009) The results of researching bite marks using cadavers are skewed and when subjects have similar tooth alignments, it proves hard to distinguish which subject actually matched the bite mark. As such, there is no way to positively say that all bite marks are unique, further studies to this end would need to be conducted and an enormous database like the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) would have to be created. However, even with a large database of dentition
Animal Rights For many years there has been a major debate regarding animal rights. Human beings have been using animals for food, shelter, safety, clothing, and more recently for medical research. The main drawback of using animal for all these things is the way we treat them. Our cultural beliefs have changed throughout the years and we become insensitive to how we take care of the animal. As human beings we have failed in recent years to give the animals the respect and rights they deserve.
Since these stem cells are taken from a living human being, this is essentially why many disagree with this process. Joe Tavares also says, "I believe that anything that can be grown into life is living itself. The capability to live is indeed life itself and should not be taken away in the name of science" (Personal Communication, April 6, 2011). Tavares believes that no life should be taken for the cause of science, but is it necessary that some lives are taken to save the lives of
All humans, even those in the embryonic stage, are created by God and deserve our protection and respect. Also, it is not even verified that these cells can live up to the expectations of scientists, and in addition to committing murder for what is based on pure speculation, there are health risks involved in transplanting stem cells, since the cells have the possibility of passing viruses and even turning cancerous. Furthermore, scientists are cloning embryos in order to overcome tissue rejection during cell transplants and this will inevitably lead to human cloning (Stem Cells). Therefore, embryonic stem cell research should not be legalized and continued since it is morally wrong, dangerous, and may even lead to
Politicians and other people fighting against embryonic stem cell research are saying that it would cost too much money to fund. Although this is true in that there are some things that may be more important for us to fund, wouldn’t stem cell research be worth it? There are so many diseases that it could potentially cure. There are several kinds of research going on now to cure other diseases that are costing just as much money, why not try one more thing. If there is potential to save several lives by doing research on one thing, why not do it.
Animal Cloning and Experimentation | March 22 2011 | logan ward | logan ward PHI 110 | A question that has plagued scientific and philosophical minds for many years is whether the experimentation and cloning of animals is ethical. This same question has caused more questions to arise again and again; such as, should we exploit animals for our own benefit? Do our rights override that of animals, and if they do, should we be allowed to decide the fate of these animals? Furthermore, what are we to do with these animals when we have cloned them or when we have finished our experimentations on their cells? Are these clones really animals, or are they just scientific facsimiles?
Fundamentally, for purposes of biological experimentation, pieces of the DNA code can be cloned, or reproduced. From the most basic organisms such as bacteria and plants, to more complex organisms such as animals and human beings have the possibility of being replicated. To date, all of the above have been successfully cloned to completion