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HeLa Final Project

HeLa Final Project. By Fiona Wohrer. Distribution of Human Tissue.

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HeLa Final Project

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  1. HeLa Final Project By Fiona Wohrer

  2. Distribution of Human Tissue • Obviously, this is a very complex issue to address. There are ethical, legal, and moral issues that coincide with this topic. When deciding whether or not it is fair for doctors or researchers to take a patient’s tissue without disclosing their financial interest and research intentions, one must take into account everyone’s opinions and perspectives.

  3. Current State of Cell Research • Presently, the taking, storage, and distribution of human tissue from patients is legal and has been for a long time. More 307 million tissue samples from more than 178 million people were stored in the United States alone according to the RAND Corporation report published in 1999. This number was said to be increasing by 20 million samples a year. The source of these samples is mostly from routine medical procedures, operations, donations, etc. If doctors would like to gather samples such as in Henrietta’s case, they must get consent but to take other routine samples for tests and such, patient consent is not necessary.

  4. Is this Fair? • In my opinion, what happened to Henrietta and her family was very unfair. Primarily because of how troubling it was to her family. They felt like they had been cheated which is understandable considering all that they went through. Henrietta and her family were definitely treated unfairly but in my opinion so were all the other patients whose cells were taken by George Gey. They did the exact same thing as Henrietta did except their cells didn’t grow and they got no credit or recognition.

  5. Conclusion • I believe that patients should know exactly what is going to happen to their cells and tissue samples because it is a small measure that could prevent a case like Henrietta’s to ever happen again. • Doctors and researchers should also admit there financial interests to their patients. If any money is maid from the selling or usage of a patients cells, he/she should be paid a percentage of the revenue. This simple solution could help prevent many future problems.

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