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Do the ends justify the means? (HeLa cells)
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June 14th, 2011
General background info: A woman named Henrietta Lacks who had cancer had a bit collected without her permission for research on how long cancer cells could be sustained outside the host. Lo and behold, her cells are immortal and today her cells (simply known as HeLa cells) can be found in almost every lab across the world. They’ve helped cure, vaccinate, and fight many diseases and have been often hailed as the gateway to immortality (which we’re supposed to soon attain by 2030–2050). But if her permission was never given for her cells, her body, to be used in such a manner, is it alright that we use them since of all the contributions to the medical field they’ve made?
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