Sentences with phrase «hela cell genome»

And clearly we still have not fully grasped the issues at hand, as in 2013 researchers sequenced the HeLa cell genome — and published it.

Any researcher wanting to use the HeLa cell genome in their research has to request the data from this committee, and explain their research plans, and any potential commercialisation.

Her family will also be acknowledged in articles or talks resulting from the use of HeLa cell genome data.

«Access to HeLa cell genome data restored following agreement.»

Not exact matches

Lacks» family was never asked for permission to harvest her cells, an ethical violation made worse in March when German researchers published the sequence of the HeLa genome without asking.

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The first study to sequence and analyze the entire genome of a HeLa cell line, along with access to its sequence data, has been published Aug. 7 in its final version, by G3: Genes Genomes Genetics, an open - access, scientific journal of the Genetics Society of America.

The new controlled access policy for full genome sequence data from HeLa cells will give the Lacks family the ability to have a role in work being done with the HeLa genome sequences and track any resulting discoveries.

Under the policy, biomedical researchers who agree to abide by terms set forth in the HeLa Genome Data Use Agreement will be able to apply to NIH for access to the full genome sequence data from HeLa Genome Data Use Agreement will be able to apply to NIH for access to the full genome sequence data from HeLa genome sequence data from HeLa cells.

Dr. Steinmetz and his team found the genome of the HeLa cell line that they sequenced differs dramatically from a normal human genome sequence.

Access to the whole genome data of these cells will be a valuable reference tool for researchers using HeLa cells in their research.

Earlier this year, researchers in Germany published a scientific paper that described the first sequence of the full HeLa genome, comparing the DNA of HeLa cell lines with that of cells from healthy human tissues.

That paper, which acknowledges the contributions of the Lacks family, pieced together the complex, rearranged genome of the HeLa cells and identified an insertion of the human papilloma virus near an oncogene that may explain the aggressiveness of Lacks» cancer.

«Understanding the unique nature of the HeLa genome is important for guiding future studies with these cells,» explained Brenda Andrews, Ph.D., editor - in - chief of G3.

In addition, NIH - funded researchers who generate full genome sequence data from HeLa cells will be expected to deposit their data into a single database for future sharing through this process.

Genomics studies like those commonly conducted with HeLa cells play an instrumental role in revealing how variation in genome sequence and function can lead to disease.

Yet, «these studies using HeLa cells had to rely on information from the «reference» sequence produced by the Human Genome Project, even though there was evidence that the genomes of HeLa cell lines were probably quite different,» said Lars Steinmetz, Ph.D., who led the G3 study.

The National Institutes of Health today announced in Nature that it has reached an understanding with the family of the late Henrietta Lacks to allow biomedical researchers controlled access to the whole genome data of cells derived from her tumor, commonly known as HeLa cells.

Given the widespread use of the HeLa cell line, Lars Steinmetz and his colleagues at EMBL decided that conducting an extensive analysis of its genome could illustrate the changes caused by cancer — and also help researchers compare versions of the cell line that have evolved over decades of growth in labs around the world.

When European researchers published the genome of the HeLa cancer cell line last month, they didn't think to ask for permission from the family of Henrietta Lacks, the woman those cells came from — what some experts say was a serious ethical lapse.

«We apologized for any distress experienced by the family as a result of our recent publication of the genome sequence of a HeLa cell line.

The main argument in defence of publishing the HeLa genome was that the cell line was too different from the original cells to provide any information on Henrietta Lack's living relatives.