Henrietta Lacks

Maybe because of Henrietta being a poor black women not many people had much of a are were the cells originated from. Henrietta’s cells created a whole community dedicated towards the research of her cells, as if a part of Henrietta has been transformed into a large segment of the scientific community. Cells can be “immortalized” by exposing them to chemicals and viruses, what…

In my opinion, the results of research (the cells, the cell lines) belong to the Lack family though the cells were used to develop disease prevention vaccine for polio, Parkinson's Leukemia, and the flu (Grady, 2010). The doctors did not protect Henrietta's privacy. A sample of her cells were given to Dr. George Gey, the researcher without permission. Her family members had no idea that her information was released to a third party. There was no informed consent given by the patient or family,…

he stopped in the fourth grade because the family needed him to work the fields. However, Henrietta stayed until the sixth grade. During the school year, after taking care of the garden and livestock every morning, she'd walk two miles past the white school where children threw rocks and taunted her to the colored school, a three-room wooden farmhouse hidden under tall shade trees." Publishing Henrietta lacks in 1951 would not have affected anything and nothing would be different. No one would…

HeLa cells are a unique strain of cancerous cells obtained from the cancerous cervical tissue of Henrietta Lacks, who perished to the disease on October 4, 1951. HeLa cells are unique because they are “immortal”. HeLa cells are immortal because they do not experience programmed cell death like normal cells would, allowing the HeLa cells to replicate infinitely without experiencing degeneration of genetic material. It is suspected that Henrietta's human papilloma virus and syphilis played a…

early 1951, Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman under went treatment to remove cervical cancer cells. After the cells had been removed, Lacks and her family did not know that some cancerous and non cancerous cells were sent out to be tested. Lacks' cancerous cells were then cultured and turned into the first immortal life. On October 4, 1951, Henrietta Lacks passed away not knowing about or reaping any benefits from the super cells that had been taken from her body. Years later, Lacks'…

donation and property rights, Lacks and Moore both ended up in less than perfect standing. Lacks died poor, her cells living on to be a part of amazing discoveries and Moore was unable to get the compensation he felt he deserved for being a part of investigative research through his tissue donation as part of his treatment as a patient at UCLA. Professor of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, Alta Charo, goes over the history of legislation and lack of history- surrounding…

Throughout The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the author of the book, Rebecca, shows exceptional cultural sensitivity. Every decision she makes in her writing and in her actions within the story demonstrates her cultural competency. She writes the novel so that her journey of discovery, Henrietta’s life and death, Henrietta’s family’s lives, and relevant medical and ethical information are explained accurately in terms that readers can understand. In her approach toward the Lacks family,…

In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks written by Rebecca Skloot, the are many adversities that poor people, especially those of “colored” had to deal with. Many individuals of which were victims of the eugenics program. The eugenics program was a way of creating a population of more desirable (the whites), and getting rid of the undesirables ( all others who did not meet the criteria of society then). The way that this was carried out was through forced sterilization, and/ or elimination by…

of immortal cell derived from the cervical cancer of Henrietta Lacks. These were the first type of human cell that were found to not die in a lab culture and have been used in creating many different vaccines. Theses cell are still used all around the world in the development of vaccines and in other type of research such such as HIV and AIDS. HeLa cells also have become surround by controversy for the fact that they were first taken from Lacks and used in lab experiments without her consent…

During World War II, terrible, unspeakable, experiments were being performed on prisoners without their knowledge or their consent. These experiments were performed against the prisoners’ will and ignored any and all medical conscience that today’s doctors hold as the standard. Though these experiments are considered one of the darkest times in terms of medical-ethics, these very experiments yielded some valuable information. With this in mind, a topic that has arisen decades after the original…