Waltham biotech company settles with family of Henrietta Lacks over "immortal" cells harvested without consent
Waltham biotech company settles with family of Henrietta Lacks over "immortal" cells harvested without consent
Doctors 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...
Doctors 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 line became known.
Blimey. I remember learning about the ethical dilemmas surrounding the HeLa cell line back when I was doing my bio degrees in the mid 80s.