human experimentation in medicine

Detailed investigation of mind control, medical torture, and other frightening exploitations of the human psyche and body by doctors working for the CIA.

Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.

Explores how human cadavers have been used throughout history, discussing how the use of dead bodies has benefited every aspect of human existence.

Infants deprived of vitamins; prisoners infected with malaria; pregnant women fed radioactive iron. Medical advancement has not come without human suffering. Includes critical thinking questions.

Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics.

Contains a collection of essays that examine the history and consequences of human medial trials in the United States, including information on the Tuskegee study, the Willowbrook Hapatitus study, and the Fernald School radiation experiments.

Lucy is left to save the children of Hollow Fields from Miss Weaver's evil experiment, but to gain the upper hand Lucy must discover the link between Miss Weaver and Doctor Bleak.

Six genetically engineered bird-children struggle to stay with the couple who saved them from their captors while one scientist hunts for the oldest girl, Max, who knows too much about his new, even more portentous project.

Provides an account of the secret radiation experiments conducted on cancer patients in Ohio by the U.S. government between 1960 and 1972 in an effort to learn the effects of nuclear war on soldiers, discussing how the public and press became aware of the story, and examining the medical and legal aspects of the case.