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7. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Little Big History
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Have you ever worried that someone can steal your DNA, more specifically, your cells? And when I say someone, I’m talking about the government or medical institution? If you’re anything like me, you read the entire documents given to you at any institution when you have to consent to something. Sometimes the documents have oddly specific pages you have to sign...like give consent to the institution for taking your cells and using them for science. In this episode, we are going to discuss how Johns Hopkins stole cells from Henrietta Lacks, and how her cells modernized medicine.
Have you ever worried that someone can steal your DNA, more specifically, your cells? And when I say someone, I’m talking about the government or medical institution? If you’re anything like me, you read the entire documents given to you at any institution when you have to consent to something. Sometimes the documents have oddly specific pages you have to sign...like give consent to the institution for taking your cells and using them for science. In this episode, we are going to discuss how Johns Hopkins stole cells from Henrietta Lacks, and how her cells modernized medicine.
22 分鐘