Panel points to historical examples, including Tuskegee experiment, pandemic, and life expectancy inequities There is a need for a Black bioethics, argued a recent panel sponsored by Harvard Medical School and Tuskegee University.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical cancer tumor that killed Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year old African American mother, became an essential tool that helped the biomedical field flourish in the 20th century.