Family Of Woman Whose Tissue Was Used For Medical Advancements Sues Pharma Cos.

(August 8, 2024, 12:54 PM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose medical tissue was taken without her consent in 1951 to create the first immortalized human cell line that has been used in medical developments from the polio vaccine to in vitro fertilization, sued two pharmaceutical companies in a Maryland federal court for unjust enrichment....

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