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1. Describe the organism that causes syphilis? How is the disease spread? What are the symptoms at each
stage?

2. What is “bad blood”? How was syphilis treated in the 1930’s? the 1940’s? How is it treated today?
3. Briefly discuss the social and political atmosphere in the country at the time the Tuskegee Project was

initiated
4. Explain, in a couple of paragraphs, what occurred during the Tuskegee syphilis experiments. What was the

purpose of the study? Over what period of time did the events occur?
5. What was the original intent of the study?
6. Answer the study questions in the handout -Bad Blood
7. What has become the “legacy” of the study in the present African-American community?
8. Which President apologized for the nation? When?
9. What is the Nuremberg code of ethics? Why was it formulated?
10. Did the Tuskegee experiments violate the code of ethics?
11. What safeguards are currently in effect to protect participants of medical experiments
12. Why do we need experiments to have controls? Did the Tuskegee experiment have proper controls?
13. If you had an incurable and probably terminal disease, would you agree to participate in a controlled

experiment to test a new drug? Explain why or why not?

Chapter 3 The Cell
A. Computer Homework

B. Text Homework Read pages 44-58
Answer questions 1-8 on page 65

9. Why are cells so small?
10. Read page 36 in the text. Describe the different functions of proteins. What are enzymes? What are

hormones?
11. Describe the structure and function of the cilia and flagella, and centrioles
12. What is the function of the mitochondria? What chemical does it produce?

B 106joumall mader 13 fall 2013