Henrietta Lacks and Her Remarkable Cells Will Finally See Some Payback - WSJ

Henrietta Lacks and Her Remarkable Cells Will Finally See Some Payback - WSJ

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“It is impossible to calculate how much money has been made in the world of science from the use of HeLa cells.”

Author Rebecca Skloot responds to announcements from a laboratory and a life-sciences company that they will donate to the foundation she set up in the memory of Henrietta Lacks. Skloot’s 2010 book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks brought attention to the story of Lacks, whose fatal tumour — taken without her knowledge or permission — gave rise to the first immortal human cell line, HeLa. (The Wall Street Journal | 8 min read)