{"id":10616,"date":"2024-03-25T13:59:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T13:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2031-2024\/?p=10616"},"modified":"2024-03-25T14:00:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T14:00:33","slug":"what-do-you-do-with-good-data-from-bad-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2031-2024\/2024\/03\/25\/what-do-you-do-with-good-data-from-bad-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you do with good data from bad studies?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our lecture surrounding ethical dilemmas within the scientific community has really stuck in my brain. Ultimately everyone views situations differently due to individual moral compasses. It also highlighted a key argument: what do you do with good data from bad studies? During the lecture, I concluded that ignoring the data doesn\u2019t undo the crimes committed however it could lead to advances in the medical and scientific field. To see if others shared my views I googled, \u201cunethical studies that generated good data<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My research revealed it was only in 1945 during the Nuremberg trials that there was an ethical awakening due to prisoner exploitation within concentration camps for medical research. This established the Nuremburg code<\/a>, which set out to prevent such atrocities from happening again. Unfortunately, studies were conducted before these laws or by people who have no regard for ethical laws now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henrietta Lacks<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Henrietta Lacks study<\/a> is a poignant example of this moral dilemma. Lacks, was in hospital with cervical cancer, unknowingly cancer cell samples were taken and given to researchers. Experiments led to the finding of HeLa cells which became a catalyst for medical advancements in cancer treatments and immunisation. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

How do HeLa cells work?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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