To aid you in your classroom discussions, here is a list of discussion questions that link The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks to the University Experience textbook. These discussions questions aim to help students relate the experiences they may have during their freshman year to the struggles faced by the Lacks family.
Also, you may be interested in using this article as suggested by an instructor, to prompt an disucssion about the ethical issues in the book. The article, from NIH, discusses an agreement between the Lacks family and the HeLa Genome regarding privacy and access and demonstrates recent activity regarding the HeLa cells.
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