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May 21, 2024 · Now, the family of Henrietta Lacks can move forward with a lawsuit against the pharmaceutical company Ultragenyx. A federal judge in Maryland rejected the company's motion to dismiss the case on...
May 21, 2024 · The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose “immortal cell line” has led to medical innovations, such as the polio vaccine and gene mapping, can proceed with its lawsuit against Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc., a federal court ruled Monday.
May 22, 2024 · The family of a Black woman whose biopsied cancer cells have been used in medical research without her consent for decades just scored a major victory in their fight for justice.
May 21, 2024 · An unjust enrichment filed by the grandson of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cervical cancer cells were taken without her consent and used in transformative medical research for decades,...
May 7, 2024 · Lacks, who died of cancer at age 31 in 1951, was never aware that her cells led to significant medical advancements—or that they were taken without her consent.
May 20, 2024 · The estate of Henrietta Lacks can move forward with a lawsuit against biopharmaceutical company Ultragenyx over the use of cells taken from Lacks' body in the 1950s, a Maryland federal court said ...
May 22, 2024 · The estate of Henrietta Lacks can proceed with a lawsuit against Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:RARE) over the use of cells taken from Lacks’ body in the 1950s, as ruled by a Maryland federal ...
