2011.03.26 01:23
ROCHELLE RILEY / DETROIT FREE PRESS COLUMNIST Author Rebecca Skloot will discuss "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" at 2 p.m. today It is a story so unbelievable that it has to be true. In 1951, 31-year-old Henrietta Lacks walked into Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital As was routine at the hospital, doctors took samples of Lack's cervical cells -- without her permission, Forty-nine years later, author Rebecca Skloot called Henrietta Lacks' daughter, Deborah, They also had been used to help prove that the vaccine against polio was effective. But for decades, Lacks' immortal cells also have earned billions of dollars Lacks family left out Henrietta Lacks and her descendants never got a dime. While her cells were making millions, Rebecca Skloot tells this story in the popular 2010 science biography In an interview, Skloot said her book tour is as much about encouraging science education "I think science writing is incredibly important ...," she said. "Science is such an important part of life, Asked whether the Lacks case was the greatest theft in medical history, Skloot said, "My intention in writing the book was to tell all sides of the story, to tell the story She said there were points in the story -- and in the history -- where questionable ethical decisions Medical legacy But the greater story is how a woman who grew up picking tobacco in hot fields and Skloot now is working on a middle-school edition of the book and a screenplay for a movie Lacks' children, who sued for compensation for their mother's cells, have yet to receive anything. "But they certainly are still waiting for something else, for biotech companies, Indeed. Contact ROCHELLE RILEY: rriley99@freepress.com |
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죽어가는 한인간의 암세포로 많은 사람들을 위해 vaccine을
만들고 또 그세포를 증식해서 쓸수있었다니 퍽이나 감명깊은
이야기 입니다.
다만 Henrietta Lacks Foundation을 설립하는데 관련된 제약
회사와 대학병원의 자발적인 donation이 ugly law suit 보다
더 바람직한 것이 아니었을까 생각해봅니다. 규정