200 words 2 references within 5 years (prefer nursing journals
or peer reviewed only)
Henrietta Lacks was an African American woman whose cancer
cells were the source of the HeLa cell line, one of the most
important cell lines in medical research. HeLa cells are
“immortalized cells.” Immortalized cells lines are important
because they will reproduce indefinitely under specific conditions.
The HeLa immortal cell line was vital for creating the polio
vaccine, cloning (i.e., Dolly the sheep), gene mapping (i.e., the
Human Genome Project) and more.
Mrs. Lacks was the unwitting source of these cells when her
tumor was biopsied in 1951 during treatment for cervical cancer at
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland. Her cells were then cultured by
George Otto Gey, who created the cell line known as “HeLa” (i.e.,
Henrietta Lacks). Consent was NOT obtained to culture her cells,
nor was she (or her family) ever compensated for the use of the
cells despite the fact that the HeLa cell line revolutionized
modern medicine!
As we examine ethics for nursing research and evidence-based
practice, please consider and present examples of human
experimentation that have occurred during the history of medical
research. Have these projects resulted in beneficial outcomes for
society? Can human experimentation be justified when the greater
good of society is at stake?
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