Henrietta Lacks’ family settles lawsuit with a biotech company that used her cells without consent

Henrietta Lacks’ family settles lawsuit with a biotech company that used her cells without consent

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By LEA SKENE and SARAH BRUMFIELD (Associated Press) BALTIMORE (AP) — 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…

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