Lacks Family Reaches Confidential Pact With Novartis Over HeLa Cells
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The family of Henrietta Lacks has reached a second confidential settlement with Novartis over profits from her immortal HeLa cells, continuing a long fight for compensation; terms are undisclosed and follow a prior settlement with Thermo Fisher, underscoring ongoing ethical questions about consent and the benefits derived from her cells.
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- The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were taken from her without her consent in 1951, has reached a settlement with the pharmaceutical giant Novartis. The family had accused Novartis of profiting from Lacks’s cells, which have been use facebook.com
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