Family Members Of Henrietta Lacks Reach Settlement After Her Cells Have Advanced Modern Medical Research

Family Members Of Henrietta Lacks Reach Settlement After Her Cells Have Advanced Modern Medical Research

Essence Magazine:

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated August 1, 2023

Biotechnology, laboratory equipment company Thermo Fisher Scientific has reached a settlement with the estate of Henrietta Lacks, whose descendants “accused [the company] of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system.”

While terms of the settlement are

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