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Genetics: The next legacy of Henrietta Lacks In a Comment piece in this week’s Nature, Kathy Hudson and Francis Collins discuss how and why the National Institutes of Health (NIH) worked with the family of Henrietta Lacks to forge a new agreement for controlled access to whole genome data on the HeLa cell-line. “Her story is catalyzing enduring changes in policy that should afford future generations of research participants the protections and respect that were not in place during her lifetime,” the authors write. In a related Nature News article, Ewan Callaway, through interviews with the Lacks family, Collins and others, tells the story of how the agreement came together. In the same issue of Nature, a research paper reports the high-resolution genome sequence of the CCL-2 HeLa cancer cell line. Read the Comment article and view the related News feature online. Click here to register for updates from Nature.   This offer is not available in Japan, Korea and mainland China (excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan). Share:   Google+    Facebook    LinkedIn    Reddit    StumbleUpon    Twitter    Digg         As a registered user of Nature Publishing Group's Web sites, our database indicates that you have opted-in to receive product information and special offers. If you no longer wish to receive these e-mails or to discontinue all e-mail services from Nature Publishing Group please update your online account. Modify My Account (Log in to be recognised as a Nature.com registrant). For further information on technical assistance | print subscriptions | other enquiries. Nature Publishing Group | Principal offices: London | New York and Tokyo, and offices in cities worldwide including Boston | Buenos Aires | Cairo | Delhi | Mumbai | Hong Kong | Madrid | Barcelona | Munich | Heidelberg | Basingstoke | Melbourne | Paris | San Francisco | Seoul and Washington DC. Macmillan Publishers Limited is a company incorporated in England & Wales under company number 785998 & whose registered office is located at Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Nature Publishing Group | 75 Varick St Fl 9 | New York | NY 10013-1917 | USA © 2013 Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.