In Chapter 13, it says that people began growing other cell lines, but none of them flourished as much as HeLa did. Gey regretted that everyone was so focused on HeLa cells rather than working on developing new ones. For me, this represents a small "payback" for Henrietta. Perhaps medical professionals would have thought twice about taking her cells and using them without her knowing if they knew this would happen. I wonder if things would have played out differently if they had been done ethically. I do not think taking her cells the way they did was ethical. Even though good things did come out of it, they should have had her permission - maybe they would have found other cells that would help people. Who knows.
- Josh Steffen
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