Novartis einigt sich mit dem Nachlass von Henrietta Lacks wegen der Verwendung ihrer „gestohlenen“ Zellen zur Weiterentwicklung der Medizin
https://www.oskaloosa.com/news/national_news/novartis-settles-with-henrietta-lacks-estate-over-use-of-her-stolen-cells-to-advance-medicine/article_10e8f2e5-e85b-5057-ace9-6a4a8e7c13f6.html
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Why the quotes?
They need to be paid. In terms of worth, they should be the richest family on the planet.
Unpopular opinion, I couldn’t care about their family.
It was a cancer mass that was removed It would have gone in the trash if some scientist didn’t repurpose it. I don’t understand why people think they’re owed money for this. If I had to have a leg amputated and then someone made a really discovery with said leg all because it was my leg doesn’t mean I’m entitled to anything.
That being said I’m glad there’s regulations that people can’t just take tissues without proper consent now but if I can go back in time and stop these people from doing it, obviously I would not because they have saved millions of lives with this technology.
I don’t think henrietta’s family is entitled to anything. No one even knew they were related to it for several decades
I’ve seen this story hypes several times but beyond the “ medical providers should have informed consent“ talking points I’ve never been compelled to care about these people’s story. Like frankly I’m glad someone did something slightly unethical at the time because it has save millions of lives in the process and advanced medical science probably more than any other single discovery.
Rest in power, Henrietta.
Well that’s some nice news to wake up to!
Does that mean literally every other lab in the world that uses HeLa cells now also have to pay up (which is pretty much every cell culture lab ever)