Today, over 70 years after doctors took Henrietta Lacks’ cells without her consent or knowledge, her family reached a settlement with biotech company.
Here’s why the cells of a Black woman have been crucial to medical research https://theconversation.com/what-are-hela-cells-a-cancer-biologist-explains-169913 #News #BlackMastodon #MedMastodon
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