Henrietta Lacks's family settles lawsuit with biotech company that used her cells without consent https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-02/henrietta-lacks-family-settlement-over-non-consensual-cell-use/102677332 via @ABCaustralia #bioethics #biotech #benefitsharing
Henrietta Lacks's family settles lawsuit with biotech company that used her cells without consent

Henrietta Lacks's tissue was harvested without her permission and used to make millions of dollars. Now her descendants have reached a settlement with a biotech company they say has profited from a racist medical system. 

ABC News
Immortal cells: Henrietta Lacks’ family settle lawsuit over HeLa tissue harvested in 1950s

Cells taken without consent from cancer victim can reproduce indefinitely and were sold for unjust profit by Thermo Fisher Scientific, relatives argued

The Guardian