The End Of The Henrietta Lacks Saga Analysis

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The article “The End of the Henrietta Lacks Saga?” From the Smithsonian magazine was written by Rachel Nuwer in 2013. The Smithsonian is a magazine from the museum in Washington, D.C. Authors should use critical thinking when writing magazine articles, but some do not. Nuwer successfully informed readers about Lacks and what happened 1950 until now. The key question was whether the Lacks saga was over and Nuwer did explain what she meant by that, stating that the Lacks family and researches came to an agreement about using Lacks’ cells and information. Nuwer assumed the readers did not know anything about the Lacks cells and research; she gave a specific and detailed timeline of the events. Also, she assumed readers would understand the vocabulary,