A suit against Novartis and Vitaris by Henrietta Lacks’ estate hinges on questions about the morality and legality of using ...

During her brief lifetime, Henrietta Lacks inadvertently changed the face of medicine. Now, the woman whose harvested cells continue to inform and advance medical research will also change the ...

It further asserts that Ultragenyx has "made a fortune by using Mrs Lacks's stolen cells as a factory to make its 'proprietary' gene therapy products." The case centres around the use of HeLa ...

Family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken for research, settles with company that profited The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of ...

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But far less is known about how cells and molecules stand up to the squeezing, crushing weight of thousands of feet of seawater. “The animals that live down in the deep sea are not ones that ...

The artwork of Mister Cartoon can be seen pretty much everywhere — tattooed on celebrities, exhibited in art galleries, airbrushed on cars, painted on public walls and printed on team jerseys.

The protein factories of our cells are much more diverse than we thought they were. Scientists have now shown that cancer cells can use these so-called ribosomes to boost their invisibility cloak ...

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