Paying Patients for Their Tissue: The Legacy of Henrietta Lacks
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Research ethics. Paying patients for their tissue: the legacy of Henrietta Lacks.
Immune cells must traffi c within the tissues in which they reside and also through the bloodstream and lymphatic system in order to defend the host against infection. Until 10 years ago, immunologists had very little idea about how the immune response was coordinated in three dimensions. This all changed with the application of two-photon microscopy, applied intravitally or on tissue explants,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.1216888