In 1951, cells were taken from Henrietta Lacks and used for many years in research. Henrietta did not give permission for her cells to be used, the law did not require that. These cells have been used in over 60,000
research projects, but Henrietta's family has not received any compensation for contribution to the research. Do
you think the law should be changed? Should people be compensated for donating their cells to science?

The human genome project is devoted to mapping the general dna sequence of our species. this could lead to the development of new medicines, as well as the possibility of using gene therapy to treat certain diseases. however, there are some ethical issues surrounding the mapping of individual genomes. one concern is a) that your genes may change over time, making the project useless. b) that insurance companies could discriminate based on genetic make-up. c) that since this has never been done before, we should probably not do it now. d) that sequencing our individual genomes is so expensive, it is a counter-productive strategy.