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Finally, some measure of justice for Henrietta Lacks’ family.
Lack was a Black cancer patient whose cells were sampled by doctors without her permission. Her cells, called the HeLa line, led to numerous scientific advances, but her family never received compensation. Today is her 103rd birthday.
“There couldn’t have been a more fitting day for her to have justice, for her family to have relief,” her grandson said. “It was a long fight — over 70 years — and Henrietta Lacks gets her day.”
Details of her family’s settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific weren’t disclosed.
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