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- Henrietta Lacks’ cells played a material role in work that led to three Nobel prizes and many other scientific discoveries — but they were used and shared without consent from her, or from any member of her family. At the time, permission was neither required, nor sought, for cells to be used for research.
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Aug 1, 2023 · Henrietta Lacks' family have reached a settlement after her cells were taken without her consent. The family of a black woman whose cervical cells were harvested in 1951 without her knowledge and...
Jun 4, 2024 · Cell biologist George Otto Gey sampled Lacks’ cells without her consent long before the U.S. had implemented its current policy requiring patient permission to collect biological samples.
Oct 13, 2021 · Without her knowledge or consent, doctors removed a sample of cells from the tumor in her cervix. They gave the sample to a researcher at Johns Hopkins University who was trying to find cells...
Aug 28, 2023 · Doctors took cells from Henrietta Lacks without her consent 71 years ago. Known as HeLa cells, they have since revolutionized research — but at what cost, and who has really benefitted?
Aug 2, 2023 · In 1951, a doctor took samples of cervical cells from Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman undergoing treatment for cancer, without her knowledge or consent. Scientists used the cells in medical...
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As medical records show, Mrs. Lacks began undergoing radium treatments for her cervical cancer. This was the best medical treatment available at the time for this terrible disease. A sample of her cancer cells retrieved during a biopsy were sent to Dr. George Gey's nearby tissue lab.
Aug 1, 2023 · On Aug. 1, 2023, over 70 years after doctors took Lacks’ cells without her consent or knowledge, her family reached a settlement with biotech company Thermo Fisher.
