... recognized for the contribution she had made to scientific research. Henrietta had suffered and died, but her cells lived on. The HeLa cells had helped countless numbers of people. Skloot quotes Sonny, Henrietta's son, as saying, "I just hope Hopkins and some of the other folks who benefitted off her cells will do something to honor her and make right with the ... . Henrietta was extremely vulnerable to the doctors and as previously mentioned, she did not have the option to object to or question what the doctors were doing. Skloot uses specific quotes and frames situations in such a way ...

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