
152: The multibillion dollar claim for Henrietta Lacks's cell line
Law Pod UK
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Law pod u k covers all aspects of civil and public law in the united kingdom. To day's subject is heelerse s, a line of fast producing cancer cells that were taken from a patient who died of servical cancer at john hopkins hospital in baltimore. These cells reproduce at such a rate that they have been described as immortal. They've helped with research into i v f and infertility as well as h i v.
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