benefits flowed primarily to the researchers. This caused exploitation of unwilling participants who after passing away was taken advantage of (Ryan, Brady, Cooke, Height, Jonsen, Lebacqz, Louisell, 1979).
3. Compare and contrast the two.
One can argue the results of the Hela cells made great break throughs in finding cures and devel-oping vaccines for diseases. The Tuskegee experiement was unnecessary because a cure was already proven to be effective. This is a major flaw of the Tuskegee experiement because it did not contribute to science, instread it exploited human rights. However, it cannot be disregarded that many human lives were affected in the syphilis research and the family of Henrietta had no knowledge of the HeLa cells un-til 25 …show more content…
The United States government created the 1974 National Re-search Act, which was signed into law, creating the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. This group identified basic research principles and con-ducted ways to ensure the rules are followed. Voluntary informed consent from all persons was key for anyone doing research funded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now HHS). In addi-tion, institutional review boards had protocols to decide whether ethical standards were met. Human sub-jects rules were revised constantly. In 1980, the President Commission for the study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research and ensured that rules are followed (please ex-plain)An Ethics Advisory Board was formed in the late 1970s to review ethical issues of biomedical re-search. Lastly, 16 federal agencies in 1991 adopted the protection of federal policy for the protection of human rights. Ethical standards of research continue to be updated to ensure highest standards today (Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), …show more content…
Distrust of medical authorities led to critically low in African-Americans participation of organ donation. In fact, the legacy of the Tuskegee experiment and its failure to educate the participants and treat them appropriately paved the foundation for African-Americans mis-trust in health care. An observation was made during gross anatomy lab where most of the cadavers do-nated were Caucasians, and it was said that African Americans do not want their bodies to be tampered with or rather be another Henrietta Lacks. Consequently, way back in slavery, African Americans were used as subjects more than their counterparts and for the most part they continue to experience racism and cultural inequality in the United States of