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appalachiablue

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2. Amazing & troubling story, I saw the HBO film with Oprah in 2017.

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Mon Feb 17, 2020, 09:28 AM

Feb 2020

Vox, The new Oprah movie about Henrietta Lacks reopens a big scientific debate, Your cells may be used in research without you knowing. That may be good for science — but how do you feel? 2017.

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/4/21/15275514/oprah-henrietta-lacks-hbo-consent-biospecimens
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The PBS program 'Finding Your Roots' with Prof. Henry Louis Gates is terrific and so interesting. But I noticed there's no longer an ad or mention of 'Ancestry.com' as in the past. Don't know what that's about.

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DNA Is An Asset, Why Give Yours To Ancestry Websites For Free? Data Sold To Big Pharma [View all] appalachiablue Feb 2020 OP

This is reminiscent of Henrietta Lacks - with the exception that Henrietta Lacks never gave consent tulipsandroses Feb 2020 #1

Amazing & troubling story, I saw the HBO film with Oprah in 2017. appalachiablue Feb 2020 #2

Those data bases can also find criminals. greymattermom Feb 2020 #3

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