eNews Commentary • Aug 2023 • Genetics • Health Surveillance • Patient Privacy

A Win for Genetic Ownership

Who owns your blood, your cells, your genetic material? 
 
Those who have followed the complicated story of Henrietta Lacks since her death in 1951 know that, at its core, the case is about genetic ownership. Ms. Lacks did not provide her consent before her cells were sold and used for medical research over the span of decades...

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