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August 03, 2023
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View More DetailsSeven Decades After Scientists Used Henrietta Lacks’ Cells Without Consent, Her Family Has Reached A Settlement
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. Dr. Adele Newson-Horst, professor and interim chair of the Department of English & Language Arts & Director of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore and vice president of the nonprofit Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group, provides insight.
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