Thermo Fisher Scientific settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells uphold medicine

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Thermo Fisher Scientific settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells uphold medicine

https://apnews.com/article/henrietta-lacks-hela-cells-thermo-fisher-scientific-bfba4a6c10396efa34c9b79a544f0729

The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of improperly profiting from her cells.

Thermo Fisher Scientific settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells uphold medicine

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 they sued in 2021, accusing its leaders of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system.