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Family of Henrietta Lacks, unwitting medical heroine, takes on Big Pharma


Family of Henrietta Lacks, unwitting medical heroine, takes on Big Pharma
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30/07/2021 - 01:26
A portrait of Henrietta Lacks, known for her unusually fast cell growth, on show in New York April 6, 2017 Nicholas Hunt GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP
2 min
Washington (AFP)
The family of Henrietta Lacks a Black woman whose cells, harvested without her knowledge, were used for several medical breakthroughs announced plans Thursday to sue the big pharmaceutical giants that profited from those discoveries.
In 1951, the 31-year-old Lacks, a mother of five, died of cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
During attempts to treat her, cells from her tumor had been taken and transmitted to a researcher without her knowledge and used for decades without her family s knowledge. ....

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