{"id":1994,"date":"2023-08-11T14:32:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T18:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/veterinarylab\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2023-08-11T14:32:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T18:32:17","slug":"family-of-henrietta-lacks-settles-with-biotech-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/veterinarylab\/2023\/08\/11\/family-of-henrietta-lacks-settles-with-biotech-company\/","title":{"rendered":"From The New York Times: Family of Henrietta Lacks Settles With Biotech Company That Used Her Cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"link-2833c8a6\" class=\"css-1l8buln e1h9rw200\" data-testid=\"headline\">Family of Henrietta Lacks Settles With Biotech Company That Used Her Cells<\/h3>\n<p><em>By Amanda Holpuch, August 1, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Henrietta Lacks, a Black mother of five, was dying of cervical cancer in 1951, when doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore took a sample of her cells without her knowledge or consent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The invasive procedure led to a revolutionary discovery: Her cells were the first to reproduce in a laboratory, which no human cells had done before, allowing researchers to develop vaccines for polio and the coronavirus and treatments for disease including cancer, Parkinson\u2019s and the flu.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/01\/science\/henrietta-lacks-cells-lawsuit-settlement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more by visiting The New York Times (Subscription to Publisher Required for Access) &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family of Henrietta Lacks Settles With Biotech Company That Used Her Cells By Amanda Holpuch, August 1, 2023 Henrietta Lacks, a Black mother of five, was dying of cervical cancer in 1951, when doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore took a sample of her cells without her knowledge or consent. 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