Comment by dwt204

Unfortunately Dr. Reik the principal investigator, has failed to mention in his research on other experiments that Cambridge has used HeLa cells for research for decades, reaping huge financial benefits and recognition from research using the cells. Wikipedia excerpt states that, "Henrietta Lacks was an African American woman whose cancer cells were taken in 1951 without her or her family's permission and used to generate the HeLa cell line – the world's first immortalised human cell line." So with all the kudos the and his fellow researchers deserve, I think that it high time for Cambridge and others to acknowledge the research started from HeLa. There is no indication by the way, the researcher used HeLa cells. I am making the point in general that a lot of research at Cambridge and other research institutions have been bought and paid for by HeLa.