Category B — PROFFESIONAL //IPBL 17
2017
Henrietta got cancer of the uterus, died after several months of ineffective treatment. She did not know that her cells had been found to be capable of reproduction. Will the progress of science be possible if we are entitled to claim financial compensation for donated tissues? Will cell pricing be created? There are also doubts about the democratic progress of medicine. Who makes money and who uses it? The history of Henrietta and HeLa cells is complicated and there are no answers. In the meantime, somewhere, our cells, routinely taken during the research, have their own lives.