HeLa, the oldest and most commonly used human cell line

Re:HeLa, the oldest and most commonly used human cell line by 542458 on Thursday October 29, 2015 @10:41PM (#10475853)

The HeLa line was actually the subject of some debate two years ago. In essence, her family only found out in march 2013 that their ancestor's cells (which had been taken without consent) were widely used for research. The family complained, and a settlement was reached with the NIH, allowing the family some measure of control over where the cells are used, crediting the origins of the cells in publications, and removing the genome from public-access databases. Some hail this as a victory for research ethics, while some feel that it confuses the issue of who has control over donor tissue and genetic data.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/07/henrietta-lacks-fam...

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Re:HeLa, the oldest and most commonly used human cell line by teraflop on Friday October 30, 2015 @03:17AM (#10476507)

According to the Smithsonian, Lacks' family found out about the HeLa cell line in the 1970s.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/henrietta-lacks...

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Re:HeLa, the oldest and most commonly used human cell line by nv-vn on Thursday October 29, 2015 @11:26PM (#10476006)

I'm pretty sure that they found out a few years earlier about what had happened and the lawsuit only happened it 2013, but I could be mistaken. If I recall correctly, in the book (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) the author told Henrietta's daughter about it around 2005(?)

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