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Family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit with biotechnology company over her cells, which were taken without her knowledge and used to develop medical innovations. After 70 years, Lacks' descendants reach settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. over unjust enrichment from her cells.

Cells taken without consent from cancer victim can reproduce indefinitely and were sold for unjust profit by Thermo Fisher Scientific, relatives argued

Decades after her death, Lacks continues to make incredible contributions to medical science

Cells taken in 1951 from Lacks, a Black woman, without her knowledge became the cornerstone of modern medical research.

The federal lawsuit in Baltimore claimed Thermo Fisher Scientific has made billions from tissue taken without Henrietta Lacks’s consent from her cervical cancer tumor.

Henrietta Lacks’ unique ‘Hela’ cells played a crucial role in the development of Covid-19 vaccines and treatments for HIV, leukemia and cancer

Her genetic material, taken without her knowledge in 1951, has helped facilitate numerous scientific breakthroughs, including the development of the polio and COVID-19 vaccines.

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

'The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. The same is true for health...The underserved get sicker.'

Family Tree is a play about a woman's body cells taken without her consent or knowledge

Mojisola Adebayo’s play connects Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were used in decades of vital scientific research, with the Black Lives Matter movement