Question

When Deborah found out about the research being done on her mother's cells, she had all of the following fears, except:

a. She worried that her mother suffered pain from being blown up by bombs.
b. She worried that her family's privacy was violated because her mother's genetic material was made public.
c. She worried her mother was created into a creature that was half her mother and half a plant.
d. She imagined her mother eternally suffering with each disease that was researched using HeLa cells.

Answer 1

Deborah Lacks had multiple fears when she learned about the research on her mother's cells, including concerns about her mother's suffering and privacy violations, but she did not fear her mother had been turned into a half-plant creature.

Step-by-step explanation:

When Deborah Lacks discovered research being conducted on her mother Henrietta Lacks's cells, she experienced a number of fears. While Deborah did worry about various issues regarding her mother's HeLa cells, she did not fear that her mother had been turned into a creature that was half her mother and half a plant. Deborah's concerns included the fear that her mother might have suffered from being blown up by bombs (as part of scientific experiments), that the family's privacy was violated due to the public dissemination of her mother's genetic material, and the haunting idea that her mother was eternally suffering with each disease researched with HeLa cells. However, the notion of Henrietta Lacks's cells becoming part-plant was not one of Deborah's fears.