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The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of improperly profiting from her cells. Their federal lawsuit in Baltimore claimed Thermo Fisher Scientific

The confidential settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific over the use of Henrietta Lacks' cells sets a precedent for compensation and control of HeLa cells.

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

Doctors harvested Lacks' cells in 1951, long before the advent of consent procedures used in medicine and scientific research today.

The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of improperly profiting from her cells. Their federal lawsuit in Baltimore claimed Thermo Fisher Scientific

"HeLa cells" were taken without her knowledge and became a cornerstone of modern medicine — but her family never saw any compensation.

The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of improperly profiting from her cells. Their federal lawsuit in Baltimore claimed Thermo Fisher Scientific

The family of Henrietta Lacks has been awarded a confidential settlement over the use of her tissue taken without consent at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s.

More than 70 years since cells were taken from Henrietta Lacks without her consent, which would turn into HeLa cells, the family of the 'mother of modern medicine' has settled their lawsuit with a BioTech firm

The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of improperly profiting from her cells. Their federal lawsuit in Baltimore claimed Thermo Fisher Scientific