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Aug 1, 2023 · Published August 1, 2023 at 10:09 AM EDT. Listen • 0:47. Kirk McKoy. / The Baltimore Banner. Henrietta Lacks’ living relatives reached a settlement with the biotechnology company they sued seeking compensation for its use of cells that were taken from her decades ago without her consent. From left, Ron Lacks, Alfred Carter and attorney Ben Crump.
May 21, 2024 · Henrietta Lacks' family is on a quest to get compensation for Lacks' immortal HeLa cells. They were taken without her permission while she was being treated for cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins in ...
Aug 1, 2023 · Ms Lacks' family never received any compensation, and have fought for years to get justice for the "stolen" cells. The details of the settlement reached on Monday with Massachusetts-based...
Aug 1, 2023 · Henrietta Lacks' Family Settles Lawsuit for Compensation for Her Cells. Science. Family of Henrietta Lacks finally settles lawsuit against biotech company accused of profiting billions...
Aug 2, 2023 · Scientists used the cells in medical research, leading to several crucial breakthroughs—but Lacks’ family did not receive compensation. Earlier this week, descendants of Lacks reached a...
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Aug 1, 2023 · 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.
Aug 2, 2023 · Ms Lacks's family had never been compensated. Tissue taken from the black woman's tumour before she died of cervical cancer became the first human cells to continuously grow and reproduce in lab dishes.
