Monday, February 6, 2012

BP #9 - Final Reflection on HeLa

Please write a reflection in which you discuss how you would feel if you found out that your cells were being used.

Please answer both of the following questions in your reflection:

You almost certainly know someone who has benefitted directly from research conducted using HeLa cells, as so much research on so many diseases has been conducted using HeLa. 

  1. If you learned that tissue removed from your body during a routine procedure or examination at a doctor's office at some point in the past had gone on to significantly benefit science and research, would you feel that you should be retroactively compensated?  
  2. Which do you think is more important - your right to control your own tissue, or contributing to science and research for the greater good of humanity?


Please title your blog post: BP #9 - Final Reflection on HeLa
**BP #9 is due by Wednesday, Feb. 8**

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