Newspaper article about the case of Henrietta Lacks

The cells of an African-American woman who died in 1951 revolutionized biomedical research, made companies rich and laid the groundwork for scientific careers. The patient and her family were left empty-handed. More than 70 years later, a successful lawsuit filed by her relatives raises questions about research practices using human samples. An article by SoSciBio member Isabelle Bartram for the science pages of the German newspaper nd.DieWoche sheds light on the entanglement of racism and scientific misconduct in the case of the HeLa cell line.

Bartram, I (2023): Gerechtigkeit für Henrietta Lacks. In: nd.Die Woche, 21.09.2023, Online: https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1176464.medizinethik-gerechtigkeit-fuer-henrietta-lacks.html.

The cells of an African-American woman who died in 1951 revolutionized biomedical research, made companies rich and laid the groundwork for scientific careers. The patient and her family were left empty-handed. More than 70 years later, a successful lawsuit filed by her relatives raises questions about research practices using human samples. An article by SoSciBio member Isabelle Bartram for the science pages of the German newspaper nd.DieWoche sheds light on the entanglement of racism and scientific misconduct in the case of the HeLa cell line.

Bartram, I (2023): Gerechtigkeit für Henrietta Lacks. In: nd.Die Woche, 21.09.2023, Online: https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1176464.medizinethik-gerechtigkeit-fuer-henrietta-lacks.html.