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Lawerence Lacks

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My name is Lawerence Lacks. I’m the oldest child of the Henrietta Lacks. I remember a lot about my mother because I was there with her for all that long time even through her illness. I have made some mistakes in my life and experienced a lot too, for example I went to the war. But I always cared about my family, I’m always gonna be there for my family. When I lost my mother, it was really hard to me. Remember her is really hard to me. However, I have a lot of siblings that I still take care of. I also have a wife. I am not sire if I want my mother’s story to be a world wide because I don’t understand much about science in general but I believe that there is an importance for sharing. Collins, Laura.  Son of Henrietta Lacks' Cells Are Most Important in Medical History.”  Daily Mail Online , Associated Newspapers, 31 Mar. 2017, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4365578/Henrietta-Lacks-son-ve-used-Oprah-HBO.html. Tweets from the Lawrence Lacks:  1) “Couple...
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Sonny Lacks

I'm Sonny Lacks, son of Henrietta Lacks. My mother's cells have been used for research in Hopkins. She died because of cancer, left father, me and other siblings very early. However, Hopkins didn't acknowledge any family member about their continuing research, which was using my mother's cells.    I never trusted Hopkins, "Back then they did things, especially to black folks. John Hopkins was known for experimenting on black folks. They would snatch them off the street" (307). “John Hopkin didn’t give us no information about anything. That was the bad part. Not the sad part, but the bad part, cause I don’t know if they didn’t give us information because they was making money out of it, or if they was just wanting to keep us in the dark about it. I think they made money out of it, cause they were selling her cells all over the world and shipping them for dollars”(232). Only thing we knew was that her cells have some significant contributions to science. "...
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Roland Patillo tweets

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tweets: https:// news.aamc.org/diversity/arti cle/black-history-month-facts-and-figures/   … so happy to see more African Americans in the medical fields #NHSHenrietta2018 " several studies have shown that black patients were treated and hospitalized at later stages of their illnesses than white patients. And once hospitalized, they got fewer pain medications, and had higher mortality rates. (64)" As an African American in the medical field, I hope in the future blacks and whites will have equal treatment in the future #NHSHenrietta2018 "Toward the end of her treatments, Henrietta asked her doctor when she'd be better so she could have another child. Until that moment, Henrietta didn't know that the treatments had left her infertile." (47) This is not right at all. The doctors should have told her. #NHSHenrietta2018 history.com/news/the-infam ous-40-year-tuskegee-study   … This is absolutely inhumane and #disgusting #racists #NHSHenri...
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Roland Patillo argument

 “I think people are morally obligated to allow their bits and pieces to be used to advance knowledge to help others. Since everybody benefits, everybody can accept the small risks of having their tissue scraps used in research.” I, Roland Patillo, do not agree with this statement. I think that if people want to to give their tissue to scientific research, that they should give consent to it. Yes most scientists would say that people are obligated to allow their tissue, but I think that it would be morally correct to get consent from the donor first. After all, it is their body and their tissue and they should not feel obligated to give their tissue to science. For example, " Toward the end of her treatments, Henrietta asked her doctor when she'd be better so she could have another child. Until that moment, Henrietta didn't know that the treatments had left her infertile. (47)", this quote shows the immorality of the doctors. The doctors should have told Henrietta ...
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Henrietta Lacks: Opinion on doning organs

“I think people are morally obligated to allow their bits and pieces to be used to advance knowledge to help others. Since everybody benefits, everybody can accept the small risks of having their tissue scraps used in research.”   This is a  quote from David Korn, vice provost for research at Harvard University.               In response to his quote I would like to state that people should not be obligated to donate parts of their body to medical research. I think it is an amazing thing for people who want to and are willing to donate their body to science. A persons body is sometimes the one thing they have power over, or means something to them. No body should make you do something you don't want to do. I obviously have been victim to a horrible disease, as well as having my cells taken from me without my direct consent and being tested. I think it is amazing the amount of medical advances and cures for diseases that my immortal self r...
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Argument - Joe Lacks

One of the arguments against giving people legal ownership of their tissues is summarized in the following quote from David Korn, vice provost for research at Harvard University: “I think people are morally obligated to allow their bits and pieces to be used to advance knowledge to help others. Since everybody benefits, everybody can accept the small risks of having their tissue scraps used in research.” Respond to this in the viewpoint of your character, written in first person. I believe that people should have the legal rights to their tissues.  My mother offered to let her tissues be used for science.  But once the scientists and doctors got ahold of her personal information they felt the need to let everyone know.  I would have liked my mothers tissues to be in the possession of my father or one of my older siblings.  I may not have the same last name but we are blood related.  She is my mother and she is apart of my family.  We should have the r...
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Tweets Joe Lacks

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1.  You are a sick man. Stop worrying about the money and let my family live. #ourjustice #myfamily #rude    Sir Lord Kennan abused his power for money.  He exploited my family and have cause us so much stress and grief.  We want the rights to my mothers cells. She is my family. 2.  She gave birth to me for gods sake. She is family. She is my mother. You can not say that i have no right to her cells!!!!    Sir Lord Kennas told us that we don't have the rights to my mothers cells.  He says that we are not blood related because her maiden name is not Lacks.  She gave birth to me and each one of the siblings.  She cared for us and made sure we had everything we needed until the day she died.  We should have the rights to her cells not someone that never even knew the true Henrietta Lacks! 3.   Can't believe he has the nerve to say this.    Mr.Keenan says that I am not legally related to my mother ...
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