The document outlines a prompt for an extra credit paper regarding human heredity and evolution, focusing on legal rights and property claims in relation to the use of patients' tissues for research. It requires the identification of a recent news example that relates to informed consent and property rights, followed by a comparative analysis with the case of Henrietta Lacks. Finally, the paper should conclude whether sufficient improvements have been made in addressing these ethical issues since the publication of the book in 2009.

1. BIO34: Human Heredity and Evolution EXTRA CREDIT Paper
Prompt
Roughly 10-years have passed since The Immortal Life of
Henrietta Lacks was published. With regard to legal rights and
property claims, there has been some progress towards laws and
guidelines regarding using patients’ tissues for research and
commercial endeavors. However, there are still many areas of
ambiguity in the laws and regulations towards using patients’
cells and/or tissues.
Find a recent example in the news that relates to issues of
informed consent, property rights, and patients’ rights that were
discussed in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. A “recent”
example can include ANY stories and/or events that have
occurred after the publishing of The Immortal Life of Henrietta
Lacks in 2009, after which the public became more aware of the
issues presented in the book.
Please write a 3-page (double-spaced) paper in which you:
1. Summarize the selected example, providing the Appropriate
Citation of the news article(s) in which you learned about the
event and/or case being reported on.
2. Provide an analysis in which you compare-and-contrast how
the ethical problems were addressed in a manner differently OR
similarly than the case with HeLa cells.
3. Provide a concluding argument about whether you think

2. adequate improvements are in the progress of being made
towards the issues of consent and/or property rights regarding
the use of patient’s tissues, or if there are still notable
deficiencies in how we deal with these matters.
You must cite AT LEAST one article that brings up the “recent”
example, so you can compare it to The Immortal Life of
Henrietta Lacks. The source can be primary or secondary, but
must be from a legitimate source (i.e., not just Wikipedia, you
need the actual link). If you use additional articles or sources to
support your paper, also cite them as needed at the end of the
paper.
PLEASE NOTE: citations do NOT count to the 3-page limit
(i.e., do not give me a 2-page reference list attached to a 1-page
paper).