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The Henrietta Lacks legacy grows
Author(s) -
Greely Henry T,
Cho Mildred K
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2013.148
Subject(s) - hela , informed consent , internet privacy , computer science , biology , medicine , genetics , cell , alternative medicine , pathology
Now that the NIH has reached an agreement with Henrietta Lacks's family concerning the use of the HeLa cell line, what lessons can we learn about informed consent and the unforeseen use of biological samples?