Estate of Henrietta Lacks reaches settlement with biotech company for nonconsensual use of her cells in medical research

https://lemmy.world/post/2521604

Took them long enough, they know they were wrong for that
This is beyond fkd up. There’s a Michael Crichton novel Next that has an extremely similar premise where the rights to a living character’s DNA fell under eminent domain and was upheld by courts of law. So his DNA could be sourced and used without his consent. Super interesting fkd up read that is apparently become a non-fiction topic now.
Next (Crichton novel) - Wikipedia