Re: Deal done over HeLa cell line
This is a very informative news article. Also I liked the primary study by Adey et al (from Dr. Shendure laboratory) referred in this news story. However, I found a similar published whole genome and...
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Why were the family concerns considered worth blocking research over? I find it unbelievable that an individual would be thought to "own" their dna.
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
Hi - this article is mentioned in the news story:"On 11 March, weeks before Collins drove to Baltimore to meet the Lacks family for the first time, a team led by Lars Steinmetz at the European...
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The grandchildren of Henrietta Lacks inherited, on average, 25% of their DNA from their grandmother. That would be DNA from their grandmother's germ cells, not from her tumor cells. While we do not...
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
The more and more stringent regulations as to the "privacy" in the context of biological specimens often makes the material not available and slows down research. I bet, those who are building...
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What a disturbing comment. I've worked with HeLa cells and they've been incredibly useful but the notion that family concerns in such cases should be brushed aside?...Highly unethical to my thinking....
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If an individual cannot "own" their DNA, then anyone using that DNA to manufacture something should not "own" that product, either.
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
John, you are not actually believing what you wrote, right? Your comment must be only meant to stir controversy (or advance the debate, depending on the viewpoint). Well, if you mean owning their DNA...
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
This is a very informative news article. Also I liked the primary study by Adey et al (from Dr. Shendure laboratory) referred in this news story. However, I found a similar published whole genome and...
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
Why were the family concerns considered worth blocking research over? I find it unbelievable that an individual would be thought to "own" their dna.
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
Hi - this article is mentioned in the news story:"On 11 March, weeks before Collins drove to Baltimore to meet the Lacks family for the first time, a team led by Lars Steinmetz at the European...
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
The grandchildren of Henrietta Lacks inherited, on average, 25% of their DNA from their grandmother. That would be DNA from their grandmother's germ cells, not from her tumor cells. While we do not...
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
The more and more stringent regulations as to the "privacy" in the context of biological specimens often makes the material not available and slows down research. I bet, those who are building...
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
What a disturbing comment. I've worked with HeLa cells and they've been incredibly useful but the notion that family concerns in such cases should be brushed aside?...Highly unethical to my thinking....
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
If an individual cannot "own" their DNA, then anyone using that DNA to manufacture something should not "own" that product, either.
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
John, you are not actually believing what you wrote, right? Your comment must be only meant to stir controversy (or advance the debate, depending on the viewpoint).Well, if you mean owning their DNA as...
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
This is a very informative news article. Also I liked the primary study by Adey et al (from Dr. Shendure laboratory) referred in this news story. However, I found a similar published whole genome and...
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
Why were the family concerns considered worth blocking research over? I find it unbelievable that an individual would be thought to "own" their dna.
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
Hi - this article is mentioned in the news story:"On 11 March, weeks before Collins drove to Baltimore to meet the Lacks family for the first time, a team led by Lars Steinmetz at the European...
View ArticleRe: Deal done over HeLa cell line
The grandchildren of Henrietta Lacks inherited, on average, 25% of their DNA from their grandmother. That would be DNA from their grandmother's germ cells, not from her tumor cells. While we do not...
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