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I think that the taking of patients cells as a form of payment is extremely unethical. For a doctor to believe that taking the cells from a living patient and not compensating them is extremely unfair and possibly illegal. Henrietta didn't even know that they had taken her cells, which were scientifically revolutionary, could have gotten the family millions if they had been asked for the cells instead of them being stolen. If a consent form with a clause saying they could take them had been included maybe this would be a lot less troubling.