Family of Henrietta Lacks sues pharmaceutical companies for theft of her cells

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Christopher 🇺🇸 Proud Dem
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Aug 5, 2021
A historical wrong must be made right.

Henrietta Lacks descendants are suing pharma companies who continue to use her cells for advancements w/out permission. Her cancerous cells were sent to a lab for a biopsy where a doctor realized instead of dying they doubled every 24 hours



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Family of Henrietta Lacks sues pharmaceutical companies for theft of her cells
The cells are still being used for medical research like developing vaccines.
nbc12.com

https://www.nbc12.com/2021/07/30/family-henrietta-lacks-sues-pharmaceutical-companies-theft-her-cells/


BALTIMORE (WJZ) - The descendants of Henrietta Lacks are filing what could be an unprecedented lawsuit.

Her cells were taken without her permission decades ago.

To this day, for-profit pharmaceutical companies still use the cells but don’t pay the family for them.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump stood with Lacks’ family on Thursday and announced his team will be suing pharmaceutical companies who continue to use her cells without her permission.

“Her family is here today to start the journey to right that wrong,” Crump said.

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1. I read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

I wish her family success in this lawsuit.

[Effete Snob]

2. That article is from last week. Did they file a suit?

"announced his team will be suing"

They gave a press conference to announce they will be filing a suit at some indefinite point in the future? I'm not really sure what that accomplishes for the family.