The Girl who never Grew

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I'd trip out completely if the cell samples taken were still reproducing or died at a slower rate or something.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeLa

[NotPublished]

?! Holy crap

[Cain]

Wow, that's awful.

My first thought was wondering about her mental age and development, soon followed by what NotPublished said.  Very difficult on the parents, I would imagine.

[LMNO]

I'd trip out completely if the cell samples taken were still reproducing or died at a slower rate or something.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeLa

There was something about this on the radio a few days ago; apparently, scientists have made tremendous discoveries from HeLa cells, but the original patient and her survivors were never compensated or recognized... It went as far as the courts declaring that once a person's genetic material was removed from the body, the person no longer has "ownership" of it.




...the unfortunate implications of that are kind of creepy...

[BabylonHoruv]

I bet those parents regret wishing their other kids would stay babies now.