The Search for the Structure of DNA
The foundation for the advances in molecular and genetic Biology began with the Watson and Crick Model. In 1962, they were awarded the Nobel Prize of Medicine and Physiology. Watson published a book in1968, called the Double Helix, which explains his accounts of the events leading to the solution of DNA. Anne Sayre also created a book, Rosalind Franklin and DNA, which portrayed a different experience of the discovery of the DNA model. She blamed Watson and Crick of stealing information of DNA from Dr. Franklin without giving credit. Rosalind was given the challenge of determining the DNA model. She discovered that the DNA was arranged in a coaxial helical structure. Watson and Crick also took on the challenge to further the discovery of the DNA structure. Watson and Crick did not actually experiment to find the structure of DNA; however, they took information from Dr. Franklin and other sources. Although they used Dr. Franklin’s information, Watson and Crick did not give credit to anybody. The main ethical question in this experiment was not giving credit to Dr. Franklin.
Scientists should not use other scientists' information and not give credit. It is completely unethical, especially for a scientist, to use someone else's work as thier own.
ReplyDeleteIt would have been different if they had given her credit, or done their own experiments to back up the theory or proved the helix-structure, but what they did was a short cut.
ReplyDeleteI think it is unethical because they seemed to be taking credit for Dr. Franklin's work. To me it is plageurism and that is always unethical and unfair.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Leah, Anna, and sja32836 because if I were a scientist who had just made a huge discovery like that I would certainly want credit for it. It is ethically wrong to take credit for someone else's work and in this case they used her work to make an easy way out- short cut (like Anna said)
ReplyDeletei agree with everything stated. there was definitely many ethical dilemmas with the way this was handled
ReplyDeleteI also agree with everyone that taking someone else's work is completely unethical. This is plagiarism which under no circumstance is right.
ReplyDeletei totally agree with everyone. taking someone elses woek and claming it as your own is wrong on many levels. plagerism is in no way shape or form ok.
ReplyDeleteIt is totally wrong to take another person's work like this. I know that if I made a huge discovery, I would definately want credit for everything! I agree with what everyone said here.
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