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Henrietta's family felt forgotten and exploited from "summary" of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Henrietta's family found themselves caught in a web of confusion and frustration as they grappled with the aftermath of Henrietta's immortal cells. They felt as though they had been left behind, their voices drowned out by the scientific community's clamor for HeLa cells. While researchers around the world reveled in the groundbreaking discoveries made possible by Henrietta's cells, her family struggled to make sense of it all. As the medical community celebrated Henrietta's cells as a boon to science, her family felt exploited and overlooked. They were never asked for their consent, never informed of the incredible impact Henrietta's cells were having on medical research. Instead, they were kept in the dark, left to wonder why Henrietta's legacy seemed to benefit everyone but them. The Lacks family's feelings of neglect and exploitation only grew as they learned more about the lucrative industry built on Henrietta's cells. While companies profited handsomely from the sale of HeLa cells, Henrietta's family struggled to afford basic healthc...
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