Henrietta Lacks' Family Just Scored a Major Victory Against Big Pharma Over Misuse of Her Cells
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The family of a Black woman whose biopsied cancer cells have been used in medical research without her consent for decades just scored a major victory in their fight for justice. On May 20, a federal judge rejected pharmaceutical company Ultragenyx’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the family of Henrietta Lacks …