When most people think of ethics, they most likely think of rules for
             determining what is right and wrong. Ethics provides guidelines for
             responsible conduct, conduct that identifies between acceptable and
             unacceptable behavior. Ethics change as our values as a society change.
             What might be considered ethical can be a matter of a person's perspective;
             with money and privilege sometimes allowing for exceptions. The Immortal
             Life of Henrietta Lacks, about an African-American woman from Virginia
             whose cancer cells, collected for research as she was being treated for the
             cervical cancer that took her life, raises many ethical questions and
             issues surrounding her cells, known as HeLa cells, and other human cells?
             It raises the critical issues concerning the rights of patients who have
             had tissue removed and used for discovery of new treatments and drugs.
             The ethical and moral issues surrounding the HeLa cells are
             complicated, because the cells have been used to develop the first polio
             vaccines, test chemotherapy drugs, and develop techniques for in vitro
             fertilization. The cells have become an endless advancement to scientists.
             However, the HeLa cells have also caused much pain, suffering, and
             confusion for the Lacks family. The Lacks's family, for example, saw no
             profits despite being asked to contribute blood for subsequent research
             about which they were not adequately informed.
             Henrietta Lacks was treated during a time when medical ethics were
             very different. It was also a time in history when African Americans were
             used for medical research. When her cells were taken from her body, it was
             common for doctors not to get consent from a patient when sending their
             tissue to a research lab. The doctors and researchers used the tissues as
             they wanted, with no concern for the patients' rights. "This was a time
             when "benevolent deception" was a common practice- doctors often withhe...