Grateful DreadFamily of #HenriettaLacks FINALLY compensated, 7 decades later, for having her cells stolen to save mostly white lives (scientists never thought to help or inform her Black relatives) via one of the cruelest, most intimately dehumanizing forms of #whitesupremacist theft: #medicalracism. The US is HIDEOUS. #PlantationNation #Exploitation #JohnsHopkins #Baltimore #Maeyland #md https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/family-henrietta-lacks-settles-thermo-fisher-scientific-continued-use-rcna97524
Family of Henrietta Lacks settles with Thermo Fisher Scientific over continued use of her cells
Henrietta Lack's descendants have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company they sued, accusing its leaders of reaping billions of dollars by continuing to use her exploited cervical cells.