Henrietta Lacks - Fact or Opinion?

Henrietta Lacks

Fact or Opinion?

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The first cells to be successfully cloned were HeLa cells.

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HeLa cells are the most important cultured cells in the world.

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Scientists would never have been able to develop vaccines for diseases without HeLa cells.

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When scientists grew HeLa cells in test tubes, the cells doubled in number each day.

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A virus called human papillomavirus causes cervical cancer.

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Scientists should not publish the HeLa cell genome, because it contains private information about the Lacks family.

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Today’s doctors are better than the ones who treated Henrietta Lacks.

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Scientists discovered that HeLa cells reproduce faster in space than on Earth.

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A person’s genome contains clues about diseases his or her relatives might be susceptible to.

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Doctors should have told Henrietta Lacks that they were collecting her cells for research.

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