Dr. Gey took a sample of the tumor cells from Henrietta Lacks without her or her family’s permission. He then gave away sample of HeLa cells to labs all over the world. While Dr. Gey did not profit from HeLa, the Lacks family was completely unaware of Henrietta’s contributions to science for decades. Do you think what Dr. Gey did was ethical, and do you think this type of situation would happen today? Why or why not?

Ahealthy 26-year-old woman sustained a significant crush injury to her right upper extremity while on the job at a local construction site. she was brought to the emergency department and subsequently underwent pinning and reconstructive surgery and received perioperative broad-spectrum antibiotics. her blood pressure remained normal throughout her hospital course. on the second hospital day, a medical consultant noted a marked increase in her creatinine, from 0.8 to 1.9 mg/dl. her urine output dropped to 20 ml/h. serum creatine kinase was ordered and reported as 3400 units/l. questions what are the primary causes of this patient’s acute kidney injury? how should her kidney injury be categorized (as prerenal, intrarenal, or postrenal)? how should she be treated?