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Thermo Fisher Scientific Settles with Family of Henrietta Lacks, Whose HeLa Cells Uphold Medicine

By LEA SKENE and SARAH BRUMFIELD, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — 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. […]

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