http://www.stlr.org/2010/03/tissue-rights-and-ownership-is-a-cell-line-a-research-tool-or-a-person/ Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.stlr.org/2010/03/tissue-rights-and-ownership-is-a-cell-line-a-research-tool-or-a-person/comment-page-1/#comment-15253 Jenna Hojnacki Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:13:00 +0000 http://www.stlr.org/?p=868#comment-15253 I have just read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks for my English II and Chemistry classes. The story is about the Lacks family and the science with the HeLa cells. When reading this the issue of tissue rights came up in the classes. I believe that the California Courts were wrong in going against John Moore since he did not have any information to what the doctor was doing. Informed consent has become a big issue. Also what entails informed consent is being put to question. Henrietta put forth consent for the surgery she had done to treat the cancer but it was not informative to the point where it told what else would be done to her and with her cells.  People should have the right to do what they wish with their tissue and not be left out of what  is a part of their body just because someone patented it like in Moore's case. I have just read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks for my English II and Chemistry classes. The story is about the Lacks family and the science with the HeLa cells. When reading this the issue of tissue rights came up in the classes. I believe that the California Courts were wrong in going against John Moore since he did not have any information to what the doctor was doing.
Informed consent has become a big issue. Also what entails informed consent is being put to question. Henrietta put forth consent for the surgery she had done to treat the cancer but it was not informative to the point where it told what else would be done to her and with her cells.  People should have the right to do what they wish with their tissue and not be left out of what  is a part of their body just because someone patented it like in Moore’s case.

]]> http://www.stlr.org/2010/03/tissue-rights-and-ownership-is-a-cell-line-a-research-tool-or-a-person/comment-page-1/#comment-15233 Anonymous Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:48:00 +0000 http://www.stlr.org/?p=868#comment-15233 As technology advances so should the legality (aka informed consent). But even with informed consent, there is disagreement over what to include and exclude. However the technologies that have come out of human health have been good. Even now scientists know how to wash out the cellular data(dna)  of an organ and the cells themselves and leave the proteins that form the structure in tact. This in turn would theoretically reduce the likelihood of rejection because it would be the patients cells and DNA used and only the donors proteins (scaffolding/structure) to lay the cells on. Weird but cool. As technology advances so should the legality (aka informed consent). But even with informed consent, there is disagreement over what to include and exclude. However the technologies that have come out of human health have been good. Even now scientists know how to wash out the cellular data(dna)  of an organ and the cells themselves and leave the proteins that form the structure in tact. This in turn would theoretically reduce the likelihood of rejection because it would be the patients cells and DNA used and only the donors proteins (scaffolding/structure) to lay the cells on. Weird but cool.

]]> http://www.stlr.org/2010/03/tissue-rights-and-ownership-is-a-cell-line-a-research-tool-or-a-person/comment-page-1/#comment-14962 Rita Vogel Tue, 18 May 2010 16:34:01 +0000 http://www.stlr.org/?p=868#comment-14962 I appreciate scientific advancement, which I see as the pursuit of Truth. However, let us not omit respect for our humanity in applied science. I am an organ donor with interests in the potential of preserving or enhancing the life of another human being through the giving of my organs when I am no longer in need of them. However, I would not appreciate my cells being used as experimental springboards in cloning, or other such endeavors. In other words, I don't want to do junior high again, either as myself, or a startling facsimile of me. Thus, I now feel compelled to review the conditions and the laws which govern organ donations. Can they be used for "science"? Is somebody going to grow me in a test tube so that only paying taxes, but not death, is a sure thing? In this case, I disagree with the California Supreme Court. It certainly suggests the wisdom in reading that fine print. I appreciate scientific advancement, which I see as the pursuit of Truth. However, let us not omit respect for our humanity in applied science. I am an organ donor with interests in the potential of preserving or enhancing the life of another human being through the giving of my organs when I am no longer in need of them. However, I would not appreciate my cells being used as experimental springboards in cloning, or other such endeavors. In other words, I don’t want to do junior high again, either as myself, or a startling facsimile of me. Thus, I now feel compelled to review the conditions and the laws which govern organ donations. Can they be used for “science”? Is somebody going to grow me in a test tube so that only paying taxes, but not death, is a sure thing?
In this case, I disagree with the California Supreme Court. It certainly suggests the wisdom in reading that fine print.

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