Richard Foster (theologian)

UNCLE NEAREST CEO FAWN WEAVER'S "LOVE & WHISKEY" SHATTERS PRE-PUBLICATION SALES EXPECTATIONS, ECLIPSING NATIONAL BESTSELLERS FOUR MONTHS AHEAD OF RELEASE

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Mardi, mars 12, 2024
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NEW YORK, March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Melcher Media, the distinguished book producer and publisher of over 30 New York Times bestselling books known for its bespoke and exquisitely crafted titles for the world's most renowned celebrities and brands—including Oprah Winfrey, Kobe Bryant, J.J. Abrams, Lexus, Nike, and Microsoft—announced today that its newest title by New York Times bestselling author and Uncle Nearest founder and CEO, Fawn Weaver, Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest, appears destined for national bestseller status four months prior to release.

Key Points: 
  • The book cover, which Weaver unveiled for the first time alongside actor Jeffrey Wright on CBS' "The Talk" on February 22, generated significant buzz online.
  • Wright first shared the story of Jack Daniel and Nearest Green in a 2017 short film titled " The Story of Nearest Green " and the producers of The Talk confirmed the aligned booking was purely serendipitous.
  • This milestone event marked an exciting moment in the book's journey toward publication, set for June 18, 2024.
  • And for the first time, I was being forced to see it in another light," Weaver began in describing what made her write this book.

Settlement with family of Henrietta Lacks is an opportunity to reflect on inequalities in genetic research

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Vendredi, août 4, 2023
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It was also the day the Lacks family reached a settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the biotech company that used and profited from her “HeLa” cells.

Key Points: 
  • It was also the day the Lacks family reached a settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the biotech company that used and profited from her “HeLa” cells.
  • Though the details remain confidential, this settlement is a long-awaited moment of justice and victory for Lacks and her family.
  • However, the inequalities suffered by Lacks remain problems of the present.

Henrietta Lacks’s story

    • Her cells were taken and retained for research purposes by white physicians and researchers at the hospital.
    • It was Rebecca Skloot’s 2010 book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks that drew attention to Lacks’s story and highlighted the racialized and patriarchal nature of medical ethics and research practices.
    • Advocates — mainly people of colour — used the pandemic and subsequent COVID-19 vaccine developments to bring Lacks’s story back to life.

Not just her: Other stories of inequality

    • Moore had hairy cell leukemia and, as part of his treatment, underwent a splenectomy at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Centre in 1976.
    • Like Lacks’s, Moore’s cells had been unknowingly and unlawfully processed and patented as the “Mo” cell line.
    • This violated the Havasupai’s consent agreement and had deeper repercussions, as these topics were considered taboo by the tribe.

The fight isn’t over yet

    • But it should also serve as a reminder that the fight for a fairer and more equitable framework of medical ethics and genetic research is not over.
    • Genetic materials are generally treated like any other objects and little to no consideration is given to the person.