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  • Henrietta Lacks’ family settles lawsuit with a biotech company that used her cells without consent

    08/03/2023 12:52:03 PM PDT · by Morgana · 5 replies
    AP News ^ | August 1, 2023 | LEA SKENE and SARAH BRUMFIELD
    BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company that they accused of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system. Tissue taken from the Black woman’s tumor before she died of cervical cancer became the first human cells to continuously grow and reproduce in lab dishes. HeLa cells went on to become a cornerstone of modern medicine, enabling countless scientific and medical innovations, including the development of the polio vaccine, genetic...