Food for thought in this - do we own our cells? A story of tissues taken from a poor black woman without her consent or her family's knowledge. Her cancer cells aided and continue to aid research - hence her immortality. They created an industry but her family was and is too poor for healthcare plans in the USA. A mixture of scientific discovery and ethics together with research about Henrietta, her life and family.
(Christine Miller - bwl 60 Spring 2011 ) |
