Tissue Ownership: When Your Body Stops Being Your Property

Tissue Ownership: When Your Body Stops Being Your Property

What happens to samples taken from your body? Are there human tissue rights that apply even once your tissue is out of your body? How are human tissue sales related to organ sales? “Organ sales” is a term that refers generally to the sale of any human organ, like a kidney. Selling organs is generally prohibited. Similarly, you usually can’t sell your own tissue, but tissue ownership ends when your tissue leaves your body. Learn about the intricacies of human tissue sales and how tissue rights and ownership change once your tissue has already been excised.

Howard W. Jones: How Did He Try to Treat Henrietta’s Cancer?

Howard W. Jones: How Did He Try to Treat Henrietta’s Cancer?

Who was the doctor that Henrietta Lacks saw when she got her cancer diagnosis? How did Howard W. Jones attempt to treat her? Did he find other conditions that would explain her rapid decline? Howard W. Jones was a gynecologist at Johns Hopkins when Henrietta Lacks came in with a lump. Jones put Henrietta on a radium treatment course though she eventually succumbed to the cancer. Read about Howard W. Jones and his unsuccessful treatment of Henrietta’s cancer.

Henrietta Lacks’ Family Is Large and Has Roots in Virginia

The 2 Primary Biological Causes of Depression

How big is Henrietta Lacks’ family? When researching her book, did Rebecca Skloot talk to many members of the HeLa family? Does the Lacks family still live in Clover, Virginia? Henrietta Lacks’ family is a large one with many cousins. Her mom gave birth to ten children, including Henrietta and her sister Gladys Pleasant Lacks. Learn more about some of Henrietta Lacks’ family members.

Five Examples of Medical Racism Throughout the 20th Century

Five Examples of Medical Racism Throughout the 20th Century

How has systemic racism in medicine affected research during the 20th Century? What are some examples of medical racism? Is health care discrimination an ongoing issue? Medical racism is the race-motivated mistreatment or exploitation of people. Throughout the 20th Century, Black people have suffered from systemic racism in medicine. See five examples of medical racism, which occurred throughout the 20th Century.

The Rise and Fall of Enron: From Empire to Bankruptcy

The Rise and Fall of Enron: From Empire to Bankruptcy

What contributed to the rise and fall of Enron, and why did the company collapse? The rise and fall of Enron is marked by deceit, business failures, and unethical practices—all while Enron remained a shining star on the stock market and with investors. To understand the Rise and Fall of Enron, you have to consider market conditions as well as the company’s bad practices.