Identities

‘Immortal’ Henrietta Lacks’ Family Says Biotech Firms Are Still Using Her Cells Like ‘Chattel’

MEDICAL RACISM

The family of the Black woman whose biological material was taken without her consent in the ’50s is suing a biotech firm still profiting off of her famous cell lines.

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