Let's Think On It

Biological immortality?


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Human cells that have lived for nearly 70 years in a laboratory after being taken from a patient in 1951. This Sci-fi sounding true story tells the account of Henrietta Lacks. Her cancer cells have been an amazing gift to human science and has saved millions of lives in the process. Listen as Dr. Westfall and the Lochamy Brothers spend time with Dr. Shauntice Allen from UAB School of Public Health. She shares with us some of the dilemmas of scientific study. Balancing the line of privacy and informed consent with the pursuit of scientific knowledge.

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Let's Think On ItBy Mark Westfall MD

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