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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Henrietta Lacks

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

More than 60 years ago, cancer cells were taken from Henrietta Lacks without her permission and used to create an 'immortal' cell line used in countless of labs worldwide. But in an unprecedented agreement with the National Institutes of Health, a grandson and a great-granddaughter of Lacks will now help decide which researchers can access her cells and the information they contain: http://yhoo.it/1cczjk5

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