Henrietta Lacks’s Family Settles Suit With Novartis Over Use of Her Cells

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Ms. Lacks’s family accused Novartis of profiting from her cells, which were taken from her without her consent in 1951, when she was dying of cervical cancer.

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higgsboson@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

“If it was truly justice, none of this would have happened to Henrietta Lacks,” Mr. Crump said. “She wouldn’t have been the victim of medical racism at Johns Hopkins. But you can pray to get some measure of justice, to offer respect and dignity to the life that was taken.”

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