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Watch the film Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks  (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. . Summarize the film in 1-2 paragraphs. (This must be your own work and not copied from a website!) Choose one of the questions below and respond to it in 1-2 paragraphs. Upload your assignment to Canvas by 10/23/18 at 11:59pm. Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Discussion Questions: What factors (race, class, gender, ″the times″) do you think were responsible for Henrietta′s cells being taken from her without her permission? What factors do you think were responsible for her family being kept in the dark about the many ways in which the study of her cells were contributing to medical science? In your opinion, was it ″unethical″ for researchers to take (and profit from) Henrietta’s cells without her permission? Why? Why not? (Define ″ethical″ and ″unethical″.) Should the Lacks family be given financial compensation in return for use of her cells? How would this financial compensation be determined? Who would pay? Blood cells and DNA are still collected and studied today without patient knowledge during biopsies and other procedures. How do you feel about knowing that you still do not have total control over your body once you go to see a doctor? If you discovered that tissue routinely removed from your body at some point in the past went on to significantly benefit science and research, would you feel that you should somehow be compensated? What do you think is more important – a person’s personal rights over their own tissue, or contributing to science and research for the benefit of all humankind?