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‘Transformative’ blood test can identify cause of fever in children in an hour
A blood test which could help diagnose the cause of a child’s fever in under an hour has been branded “transformative” by researchers. | ITV National News
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Waltham biotech company settles with family of Henrietta Lacks over "immortal" cells harvested without consent
www.wbur.org Waltham biotech company settles with family of Henrietta Lacks over 'immortal' cells harvested without consentDoctors harvested Henrietta Lacks’ cells in 1951, long before the advent of consent procedures used in medicine and scientific research today, but lawyers for her family argued that a Waltham-based biotechnology company has continued to commercialize the results well after the origins of the cell li...
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