The family of Henrietta Lacks will file an amended complaint against a biotech company accused of profiting off her "immortal" cell line, putting off a long-awaited decision over the fate of the lawsuit.

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Timing is critical to whether a lawsuit over the use of cells taken from Henrietta Lacks over 70 years ago will be able to continue in federal court.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is claiming in court that Henrietta Lacks’ family waited too long to sue for unjust enrichment claims.

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The WHO chief honored the late Henrietta Lacks, a Baltimore woman whose cancer cells were taken without her knowledge during the 1950s and ended up providing the foundation for vast scientific breakthroughs.

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The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company, accusing it of selling cells that doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took from the Black woman in 1951 without her knowledge or consent.

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Johns Hopkins University and the family of Henrietta Lacks say a new building on the school's campus in East Baltimore will be named after the woman whose cells were taken without her consent and widely used in revolutionary research.

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DUNDALK — Baltimore County is honoring Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose cancer cells continue to have an impact on medicine more than 60 years after they were taken while she was under anesthesia. The county held a ceremony Saturday at ...

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The son of Henrietta Lacks is seeking compensation for the unauthorized use of his mother’s cells in scientific research since her 1951 death, as detailed in a best-selling book. The Baltimore Sun reports that Lawrence Lacks, his son and daughter-in-law ...

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