There are cons and pros to have ownership over patients cells. Having ownership over cells could possible help medicial advancement. Treatments from diseases could be found along with vaccines. The cells could also help reasearchers discover what causes the disease and help others with similair cases. The cons of signing over ownership of your cells is that you no longer have control over the cells. Which means that the researcher and or doctor can do anything with the cells without consent.
Both John Moore and Henrietta Lacks have simuliar stories. John Moore was diagnosed with hairy cell luekemiah. His blood cells were being used for reasearch purposes just as Henrietta Lacks cells were. Both of the patients had no knowlegde that their
Both John Moore and Henrietta Lacks have simuliar stories. John Moore was diagnosed with hairy cell luekemiah. His blood cells were being used for reasearch purposes just as Henrietta Lacks cells were. Both of the patients had no knowlegde that their