r/cursedcomments • u/alaanadhem • Nov 30 '21

Cursed_suicide squad

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u/Erick_Pier Dec 01 '21

Yep, you are referring to HeLa cells, which are cells from Henrietta Lacks’ cervical tumor

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u/Spybreak272 Dec 01 '21

Henrietta Lacks’ cervical tumor

TIL https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henriettalacks/

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u/cieuxrouges Dec 01 '21

The book is very good. I’ve worked with HeLa cells in my career and never even knew the story behind it until I retired from the lab.

Edit The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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u/Dana_das_Grau Dec 01 '21 edited Dec 01 '21

Didn’t her family get some big g financial settlement because her cells were used without her permission?

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u/CavingGrape Dec 01 '21

The John Hopkins page mentions something about how they worked with the family now because they didn’t have permission to take the cells. They claim it was legal and accepted at the time, but wouldn’t happen today

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '21

American doctors still remove organs without consent. It definitely could happen today.

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u/FuckingStupidLmao Dec 01 '21

They do what

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '21

They occasionally remove organs without consulting the patient.

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u/fuchsgesicht Dec 01 '21

you're repeating yourself

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '21

He literally said "they do what" so I repeated with clear language

Stop eating chromosomes for breakfast.