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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