Question

3. What factors (race, class, gender, "the times") do you think were responsible for Henrietta's
cells being taken from her without her permission? What factors do you think were responsible
for her family being kept in the dark about the many ways in which the study of her cells were
contributing to medical science?

Answer 1

Factors such as race, class, and gender contributed to Henrietta's cells being taken from her without her permission.

What are Henrietta cells?

Henrietta cells or HeLa cells are immortalized cancer cell lines obtained from Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman.

An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely under specific conditions.

The factors that contributed to Henrietta's

Henrietta'scells being taken from her without her permission include;

• race - being a black, she had been granted no rights at the time
• class - being of the poor class, she did not have many rights
• gender- women were not empowered then
• the times then were not a time of social freedom.

Her family was kept in the dark too as those involved felt she had no rights to those cells as well to prevent them from getting any benefits.

Therefore, race, class, and gender contributed to Henrietta's cells being taken from her without her permission.

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