Matter: A Family Consents to a Medical Gift, 62 Years Later

Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 14:20 in Biology & Nature

A deal was reached with the family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells became critical in research after her death in 1951, to grant them control over how her genome is used.

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