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Henrietta Lacks settlement hailed by experts as step toward correcting medicine’s racist history
https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/01/henrietta-lacks-family-settlement-hela-cells/
STATHenrietta Lacks settlement hailed by experts as step toward correcting medicine's racist historyExperts say the Henrietta Lacks settlement puts pressure on the medical establishment to acknowledge and correct the racism that underlies much of the field’s historical practices.
Family of Henrietta Lacks Settles With Biotech Company That Used Her Cells
The New York TimesFamily of Henrietta Lacks Settles With Company That Used Her Cells
A great development for the family of #HenriettaLacks, as far as I’m aware this is the first time they have received compensation for the theft of her cells in the 1950’s.
Beyond the obvious #racist mistreatment and exploitation of a Black woman, the story of #HeLa raises very critical (and unresolved) questions about ownership and rights to your own “medical waste,” as it’s called.
Companies have made billions using her HeLa cells for #biomedical research, including the development of vaccines and production of biological drugs. (Even I’ve used HeLa cells in my career, not then knowing Henrietta’s story I’m embarrassed to say). But monetization of medical waste happens to this day, and the law doesn’t currently entitle you to a share of that money. It’s a glaring problem that needs legislation to address.
Read the book about her, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” it’s well worth your time.
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191283359/henrietta-lacks-descendants-settlement-stolen-cells
‘No better present’: Henrietta Lacks’ family celebrates historic settlement over stolen cells
The Baltimore Banner‘No better present’: Henrietta Lacks’ family celebrates historic settlement over stolen cellsLacks’ family and Thermo Fisher Scientific agreed to keep terms of the settlement confidential. Her family celebrated the deal with cake on what would have been Lacks’ 103rd birthday.
Off it’s good enough for them, then it’s good! 
#HenriettaLacks' family announces settlement of #ThermoFisher #lawsuit
USA TODAYHenrietta Lacks' family settles lawsuit over use of HeLa cells to advance medical research
Today would have been Henrietta's 103rd birthday. It's about time.
"Henrietta Lacks' descendants reach a settlement over the use of her 'stolen' cells
The family of Henrietta Lacks has reached a settlement with a science and technology company it says used cells taken without Lacks' consent in the 1950s to develop products it later sold for a profit.
Lacks, who was Black, was being treated for cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins University in 1951 when doctors removed cells from her tumor without her knowledge or permission.
Those cells — now known as HeLa cells — had remarkable properties that allowed them to be endlessly reproduced, and they have since been used for a variety of scientific breakthroughs, including research about the human genome and the development of the polio and COVID-19 vaccines."
: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191283359/henrietta-lacks-descendants-settlement-stolen-cells
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