However, due to the hardiness of HeLa, other cells were contaminated by HeLa. Victor McKusick had one of his postdoctoral fellows, Susan Hsu, obtain blood from Henrietta’s family so that genetic markers could be compared to HeLa, which could be used to find contaminates of HeLa. When Henrietta’s family had their blood drawn to be genetically tested, they thought they were being tested for cancer. McKusick published his findings along with a family pedigree, name, and the genetic data. Although the Lacks family voluntary participated, it was not informed consent because they did not have the information nor the capability necessary to understand why they were tested. Additionally, they did not consent to their genetic data being published for the world to
However, due to the hardiness of HeLa, other cells were contaminated by HeLa. Victor McKusick had one of his postdoctoral fellows, Susan Hsu, obtain blood from Henrietta’s family so that genetic markers could be compared to HeLa, which could be used to find contaminates of HeLa. When Henrietta’s family had their blood drawn to be genetically tested, they thought they were being tested for cancer. McKusick published his findings along with a family pedigree, name, and the genetic data. Although the Lacks family voluntary participated, it was not informed consent because they did not have the information nor the capability necessary to understand why they were tested. Additionally, they did not consent to their genetic data being published for the world to