"The new law-published in the Federal Register one mother earlier-applied to all 'subjects at risk,' meaning 'any individual who may be exposed to the possibility of injury, including physical, psychological, or social injury, as a consequence of participation as a subject.' But what constituted 'injury' and 'risk' was heavily debated. Numerous researchers had appealed to HEW, asking that collection of blood and tissues be exempt from the new law. After all, doctors had been drawing blood for centuries for diagnostic testing, and aside from the pain of the needle stick, there seemed to be no risk. But HEW did not exempt those procedures; in fact, it later clarified the law to specifically include them."
For a few chapters in the book, Skloot makes a point of mentioning the debate on whether or not blood or cells or tissue still belong to the person once they have been removed or left as waste. Several court cases, all with varying circumstances, lead to debates on the morals of scientists & the ethics with which science conducted itself by. Many of these court cases begun to require extensive research on the lawyers case & eventually, with so much new information turning up, interested scientists want to publish a piece on the person behind the HeLa cells. While there had been a publication of her before, many still didn't know Henrietta's real name. At the same time, the HeLa Bomb, set off by Garter, was becoming something that few scientists were trying to fight. In order to fight the HeLa cell contamination, they had to find the specific DNA strand to extract the contamination from other cultures but to do this they would need blood samples from the Lacks family. Meanwhile, Bobbette, Lawrence's wife & Henrietta's son, finds out about the HeLa cell from her friends brother in-law who was working with her cells. 20+ years later scientists still only want to study the Lacks family, only furthering their distrust for the science community & doctors.
Honestly, this entire thing is completely disgusting.
No Questions.
For a few chapters in the book, Skloot makes a point of mentioning the debate on whether or not blood or cells or tissue still belong to the person once they have been removed or left as waste. Several court cases, all with varying circumstances, lead to debates on the morals of scientists & the ethics with which science conducted itself by. Many of these court cases begun to require extensive research on the lawyers case & eventually, with so much new information turning up, interested scientists want to publish a piece on the person behind the HeLa cells. While there had been a publication of her before, many still didn't know Henrietta's real name. At the same time, the HeLa Bomb, set off by Garter, was becoming something that few scientists were trying to fight. In order to fight the HeLa cell contamination, they had to find the specific DNA strand to extract the contamination from other cultures but to do this they would need blood samples from the Lacks family. Meanwhile, Bobbette, Lawrence's wife & Henrietta's son, finds out about the HeLa cell from her friends brother in-law who was working with her cells. 20+ years later scientists still only want to study the Lacks family, only furthering their distrust for the science community & doctors.
Honestly, this entire thing is completely disgusting.
No Questions.