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  • Patients should have right to decide what they want to do with their data and samples but in these cases there are some legal complications whether a person have any right over samples or tissues that were removed from his body and developed by the doctor? if so does patient have control how the cells should be used? Human cell lines that are created by removing a tissue from patient body and then cultured it outside for a particular period of time. There are certain laws that prevent the right of patient over their own samples. Nowadays there are ethical guidelines required an informed consent from a patient before going to surgery if a tissue or cell is removed what should be done with it. Doctors should pay compensation to Lack’s family. Donor should have right over profit derived from his samples. There are large number of treaties, laws that guide ethical collection of these tissues and samples.