Reader Comment:
September 15, 2021 at 11:57 am
The foundational work associated with HEK-293 was actually done in the early 1970s. The cell line was successfully established in 1972 by Dr. Frank Graham, while he was working in Dr. Alex van der Ebb’s lab in Leiden, Netherlands. HEK-293 was first commercially available in 1977. I point this out because Fr. Schneider’s article specifically mentioned this cell line.
I have similarly refuted Fr. Schneider’s article and recently wrote to the medical doctor that supported his ‘research’. His article has caused real damage – people are losing their jobs because their employers are using his article to reject claims of religious exemption. Truly scandalous.
Thank you for speaking out on this.