Henrietta Lacks' estate settles lawsuit over use of her cells
The estate of Henrietta Lacks settled a lawsuit against a biotechnology company that allegedly profited from cervical cells that were taken from her in the 1950s without her consent, her family's attorney said on Tuesday. Why it matters: The cells, harvested when Lacks, a Black woman, was treated…
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