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Oct 29, 2016
Juanita
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Today, tissue-supply companies range from small private businesses to huge corporations ... which pay ... an undisclosed amount of money for exclusive access to tissues collected from their patients.
"You can't ignore this issue of who gets the money and what the money is used for," says Ellen Wright Clayton, a physician and lawyer who is director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University. "I'm not sure what to do about it, but I'm pretty sure it's weird to say ever ...more
"You can't ignore this issue of who gets the money and what the money is used for," says Ellen Wright Clayton, a physician and lawyer who is director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University. "I'm not sure what to do about it, but I'm pretty sure it's weird to say ever ...more
I LOVED this book, but it was so sad. Some parts just made me flat out ragey, with how the Lacks family has been treated over the years. It was so interesting to read about HeLa cells.
4.5/5 stars
Apr 19, 2011
Lara
marked it as dnf
Jul 03, 2014
Donna Thomas
marked it as to-read
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Lacy Mroz
marked it as to-read
