a) True
Henrietta Lacks' daughter, Deborah, believed that her mother's spirit lived in the cells. She had a strong spiritual connection to her mother and felt that her mother's cells were a physical manifestation of her mother's presence. This belief was reinforced by the fact that her mother's cells, known as HeLa cells, were used in many medical breakthroughs and continue to be used in research today. Deborah was also particularly troubled that her mother's cells were being used without her family's knowledge or consent, and felt that it was a violation of her mother's memory and dignity.