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Family of Henrietta Lacks files new lawsuit over cells harvested without her consent
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoJust over a week after Henrietta Lacks’ descendants settled a lawsuit against a biotech company they...
Henrietta Lacks' family settles with biotech company that used her cells. Here's why her story is so...
Yahoo Life· 1 year agoDuring a biopsy in 1950, Henrietta Lacks' tissue was removed and used in medical research without...
Thermo Fisher settles Henrietta Lacks lawsuit over 'HeLa' cell line
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoLaboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific has settled a lawsuit brought by the estate of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells have fueled biomedical research for decades, lawyers for the estate ...
Henrietta Lacks' family settles lawsuit over use of HeLa cells to advance medical research
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe lawsuit demanded the family be paid for the company's use of Henrietta Lacks' cells, which were taken without consent in the 1950s and used in research.
The family of Henrietta Lacks, whose stolen cancer cells changed medicine, settles lawsuit
Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn June, advocates, congressional leaders and the family of Henrietta Lacks nominated her for the...