Feds, family reach deal on use of DNA information
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 12:31
in Health & Medicine
NEW YORK (AP) -- Some 60 years ago, a doctor in Baltimore removed cancer cells from a poor black patient named Henrietta Lacks without her knowledge or consent. Those cells eventually helped lead to a multitude of medical treatments and laid the groundwork for the multibillion-dollar biotech industry....