March 5 Forum at SUNY Downstate on Ethical Issues in Human Subjects Research Features Grandson of Henrietta Lacks
March 05, 2020
March 05, 2020
BROOKLYN, New York, March 5 -- Downstate Medical Center issued the following news release:
When 31-year-old Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer in 1951, scientists used the cells from her tumor as the foundation for medical advancesin cancer, AIDS, antiviral HIV drugs, and dozens of otherbreakthroughs. Of the millions, perhaps billions of dollars in profits generated for hundreds of companies, Henrietta Lacks' family never saw a dime. Why?
Because Henrietta's family . . .
When 31-year-old Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer in 1951, scientists used the cells from her tumor as the foundation for medical advancesin cancer, AIDS, antiviral HIV drugs, and dozens of otherbreakthroughs. Of the millions, perhaps billions of dollars in profits generated for hundreds of companies, Henrietta Lacks' family never saw a dime. Why?
Because Henrietta's family . . .