Biomedical Research Introduction What is Ethics Ethics The

Biomedical Research Introduction

What is Ethics? Ø Ethics: The system of moral values. The value of what is right or wrong/good or bad. Ø Morals: Judgment of right or wrong in human behavior. Ø Bioethics: Branch of ethics that deals with medicine and life sciences.

Morals/Values • What a person perceives as right/ wrong or good/bad can be different depending on their background. – Cultures – Religious background – Gender – Generational backgrounds

Is it ok to………But what if…… • • • cheat on a test? lie? speed? Steal? be disrespectful to others?

Think about…. • Cloning: – animals? Plants? Humans? • Testing on animals: – Medicine testing – PETA • Genetic Testing – To see if you carry a certain trait that could possibly lead to the disease or disorder. • Cancer, etc.

Think about…… • Transplants: – Who gets the organ 1 st? • • • Age: Older/Younger More sick/could live longer without it Has family/has NO family Rich/Poor Criminal/Non-Criminal • Life Sustaining technologies: – Should you keep a person on life support to keep alive?

Benefits of Biomedical Research • Advancements in • Vaccinations-Polio, etc. • Open Heart Surgery • Organ Transplants • Why do we use animals to conduct tests on? – Because we need a living system to use for testing. Animals have a system that works like a human and get some of the same diseases and illnesses as us. ( Monkey/Mice/Toads)

Animal Testing • Is it RIGHT or WRONG to test on animals? – Ethical? (Values, beliefs, morals) – Federal Animal Welfare Act – PETA www. peta. org

Biomedical Research • Watch Accept the challenge to Care v Biomedical Careers v Animal Testing

Mystery Disease Project

Who Can Cure Our Mystery Disease? • Objectives: – Students will act as biomedical researchers & investigate a mysterious disease. – To review different methods available to biomedical scientists. – Students will compare and contrast, make inferences and link cause and effect.

STEP 1 Biomedical Research Team (write on the poster paper) • Will Brainstorm and come up with a mysterious disease. – Who is affected by your disease? Only certain groups(according to age, environment, gender, eye color, etc). – How does the disease affect its victims? What are the symptoms? – What will you name this mysterious disease? Why?

Keep In Mind Possible Testing Methods • Animal Testing • Human Trials • Steps: – Research & Development – Testing/Trials • Animal • Human – FDA Approval • US • Other Countries have different standards.

STEP 2 Powerpoint Requirements • Title Page 1 (5 points) – Include Disease Name & Group member names • Page 2 (25 pts) – Who is affected by your disease? How does the disease spread? • Page 3 (20 pts) – What are the symptoms? • Page 4(20 pts) – What research testing methods did you use to test your newly developed medicine/possible cure? • Page 5(30 pts) – Explain the steps you took when conducting your testing. – What was the outcome of your testing? ***IF TIME PERMITS AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR POWERPOINT, you can add clipart/pictures and make your powerpoint “pretty. ”***

Power Point Presentation • Save your work as you go!!! • Save as Class Mystery. Disease-Your disease name 8 -1 Mystery. Disease-Influenza • Requires legible font(size and style) – Font size should be at LEAST 12 pt.

STEP 3 • Group/Powerpoint Presentation of your Disease.

Case Studies Critically Ill Newborn Sports Case Heart Transplant Kidney Transplant