How does the story of Henrietta Lacks and HeLa cells influence your views on using living organisms in scientific research? Do you believe this perception applies universally to all living organisms or is it specific to humans? by Rachel Patton

2025-05-12 12:55:57 UTC

I think that living organisms like humans should give consent to be researched on while animals should not be researched on for human products because they can't give consent. Even if the human is dead the researchers still need consent from the family. If the animal is die it may be ok because the animal nor its family can give consent, sadly.

loughreyse — 2025-05-12 12:57:06 UTC

It can actually show how something like a vaccine can be created depending on if it works on the living organism. I feel like it can apply universally because they may need to test on different types of animals to make sure vaccines work.

2025-05-12 12:57:29 UTC

I think that it's not ethical to test on living organisms without their consent. I think that this should apply to testing on all living organisms as well. Non-consentual research results in lies and confusion.

2025-05-12 12:57:34 UTC

I think that it is okay as long as it was known that the person was okay with being tested on. And they need to make sure they know more about the person before testing on their cells. I think it applies to humans because animals can't speak to give consent,

adesbr — 2025-05-12 12:57:36 UTC

The story of Henrietta Lacks and HeLa cells influence my views of using living organisms in scientific research by showing me that using human cells can be very beneficial to our understanding of life, disease, cancer, etc.

I think that this perception applies to all living organisms. They can all help us have a better understanding of how things function in this world.

smithel33 — 2025-05-12 12:57:40 UTC

I think that humans should be able to choose if they want to be used for scientific research or not. I think it is specific to humans because animals are not able to tell you if they want to be experimented on or not.

2025-05-12 12:57:40 UTC

The person who's cells are being used for research should be asked for consent before any testing. And animal testing is fine as long as the animal has already died because live animals testing can be cruel.

2025-05-12 12:57:41 UTC

It influences my views by showing me that taking other parts is wrong without permission. I believe that for humans especially, they should have to give consent before they are used for scientific studies.

2025-05-12 12:57:46 UTC

I think that the family should at least be aware of what is happening. If someone is already dead then the family needs to give consent for that person. I think that humans need to give consent but animals do not.

leinenbachga — 2025-05-12 12:57:49 UTC

The story of Henrietta Lacks and HeLa cells influences my view on using living organisms in scientific research by making it churn into something more negative. The fact that Henrietta's family didn't know about any of the research makes me angry and a little uncomfortable with the experiment of her and her cells. I believe the perception applies to most organisms because animals especially aren't allowed to talk or really give consent to any conceptions or practices made up on them.

suttonjo1 — 2025-05-12 12:57:59 UTC

I think that using live organisms is good for the research, but people should ask for permission before using part of someone to do research on.

2025-05-12 12:58:00 UTC

Using living things for research can be good if there is consent given(humans) but if not be left in consequences. I think it is just towards humans because animals can't give consent.

thompsonco3 — 2025-05-12 12:58:08 UTC

I think we should be able to experiment on living organisms. However, they must have a good enough chance of survival if it is on a living thing. Also, the person should have to give consent and be aware and informed on every step.

2025-05-12 12:58:11 UTC

I don't think it really matters if we use living things in research, but humans should be at least dead to research on. Also the family should know that their family member's flesh is being experimented on.

2025-05-12 12:58:20 UTC

This isn't good because her family didn't know that they took tissues from her body and then continued to live without some. I think we can use it on useless animals like rats or insects like mosquitoes.

2025-05-12 12:58:22 UTC

It shows that we can discover new viruses, diseases, sicknesses, etc. from unique cells. With that though, humans should give consent for research and animals shouldn't be used harmfully.

2025-05-12 12:58:23 UTC

This isn't really fair because her family did not know that they took her tissue and used it. I think it can be used on dead animals possibly or animals who have no use or are over populated.

2025-05-12 12:58:34 UTC

I think it is okay to use living organisms for scientific research, i feel humans should give consent but it's okay to experiment on some animals. I think it can be applied universally because they may need to test on different living organisms because of genes.

canadalu — 2025-05-12 12:58:35 UTC

I think that humans should have to give consent to be researched on . Animals should be allowed to be researched on, but the ability to research on animals shouldn't be abused.

2025-05-12 12:59:01 UTC

I believe that doctors should ask for consent from the patient and if the patient is dead they should ask the family. With organisms that aren't humans, I think we should only do research on them if something unnatural is happening to them.

2025-05-12 12:59:24 UTC

The story makes me believe that it is okay to use organisms in scientific research, but you need to ask them for consent. Also, if you find anything from them, you should tell the person/ the person's family and give them part of the money that was made from the discovery. You can't really ask animals or plants for their permission, but if the animal is owned by someone, they should ask permission of the owner.

2025-05-12 12:59:39 UTC

The story of Henrietta Lacks and HeLA cells influenced my views on using living organisms in scientific research because before I didn't really think about how scientists use humans to further their experiments, but now that I know I think that if someone is to be used in research they should be able to sign a waiver of consent, and also if what they gave made the experimenter profit in any way they should be profited, too. I think that while humans should sign waivers about experimentation, sadly animals can not do that. So, they should not have deadly experiments performed on them.

2025-05-12 12:59:47 UTC

My views on living organisms in scientific research is that because they did human cells and not other cells such as animals is that they should have consent from the person and family before it happens. I think it could be applied universally to all living things because the animals could have an owner.

LandoLowry — 2025-05-12 12:59:51 UTC

I believe that we need living organisms to continue learning about life and how our bodies work. However, we need to understand the other more harmful impacts of using living organisms in medical research. We need to give credit to the people that we are taking these cells from which is not what happened in the case of Henrietta Lacks. This should be universal to all living organisms that we us for medical and scientific research so that we don't have another incident like Henrietta Lacks.

2025-05-12 13:00:32 UTC

I think that it does have some benefits but at a greater cost. The research could cost the person their life. If they are dead, then it is okay with their consent. I think that it does apply all living organisms because they don't deserve to live with a problem for the rest of their life.

volzal — 2025-05-12 13:02:14 UTC

The story of Henrietta Lacks and HeLa cells influenced my view on using living organisms in scientific research by teaching me that humans need to give consent to let anyone use their organisms. I believe that this perception mostly applies to just humans because no other living organism can talk. Unless they have an owner, then the owner would need to give consent.