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Henrietta Lacks: Cells Changed Medicine Without Consent

Henrietta Lacks, a Black mother of 5, unknowingly changed medicine forever. Her cells, taken without consent, became the first immortal human cells, fueling polio, cancer, and COVID vaccines. Her cells live on, generating billions, while her family faced healthcare struggles.

Watch Full Episode: https://youtu.be/i9ol_aDwafk

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Gladwyn d’SouzaAug 1, 2023

https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-health/ap-thermo-fisher-scientific-settles-with-family-of-henrietta-lacks-whose-hela-cells-uphold-medicine/

#Crump, a #civilrights attorney, has become well known for representing #victims of #policeviolence and calling for #racialjustice, especially in the aftermath of #GeorgeFloyd’s #murder. The Lacks family joined him Tuesday near Baltimore’s waterfront to announce the settlement

#HenriettaLacks #RacistTheft #ImmortalLife #helacells

Thermo Fisher Scientific settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells uphold medicine

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 they sued in 2021, accusing its leaders of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system. Tissue taken…

The Hill
James Bartlett May 27, 2023
@Adam_Cadmon1
Not to mention the whole #HenriettaLacks #HeLaCells debacle.
Abu Kaz 🏜️Dec 25, 2022
"Officials said a life-size bronze of Henrietta Lacks will be erected in her hometown of Roanoke, Virginia.
Her family has called the planned monument "an honour".
Henrietta Lacks' cancer cells were the first cloned outside the human body and have been instrumental in medical breakthroughs around the world. Scientists have called her the "mother of modern medicine"." #medicine #research #cellbiology #HeLaCells
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64059050?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=22dd9c0dcf-briefing-dy-20221223&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-22dd9c0dcf-43415625
Statue of Henrietta Lacks will replace Robert E Lee

She will be honoured decades after cells taken without her consent helped revolutionise medicine.

BBC News
SharlaDec 10, 2022

Apologies! BookVent kinda got derailed it was a busy, long week.

Day 6 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot

It's immeasurable the role in lives saved & harm reduction that HeLa cells have had. However the cell line development is ext. problematic - non-consenting tissue theft from a Black woman dying of cervical cancer. This is of the books that made me change the way I view science in general.

#Racism #HeLaCells #HenriettaLacks #Science #BookVent

Show threadGHGANov 8, 2022
Lacks, an Africian-American woman, was treated for cervical cancer when samples were taken without her knowledge or consent. Used to create the first immortalised human cell line, #HeLacells have contributed to numerous medical innovations (e.g. the polio vaccine).