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Mrs. Lacks

Mrs. Lacks

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Henrietta Lacks’ family settles lawsuit with biotech company

More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company that they accused of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system.