For Henrietta Lacks' famous cells, new and unique protection

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For Henrietta Lacks' famous cells, new and unique protection

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/henrietta-lacks-famous-cells-unique-protection-172322880.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KA8wSqbujh0ZRe0VHXSKCA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-07T180354Z_1_CBRE9761E6O00_RTROPTP_2_SCIENCE-HELA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Henrietta Lacks is pictured in this undated handout photo" align="left" title="Henrietta Lacks is pictured in this undated handout photo" border="0" /></a>By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Information about the most famous and valuable human cells in the history of science is about to become a little harder for researchers to get. The National Institutes of Health announced on Wednesday that it had reached an agreement with the family of the late Henrietta Lacks, the African-American woman whose cancer cells scientists took without her permission 62 years ago and used to create an endlessly replicating cell line now used in countless labs worldwide. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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