The Hour: Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks' estate over use of her 'stolen' cells to advance medicine
Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and ...
Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks' estate over use of her 'stolen' cells to advance medicine
STAT: Henrietta Lacks’ estate settles with Novartis over the ‘stolen cells’ that advanced science
Henrietta Lacks’ estate settles with Novartis over the ‘stolen cells’ that advanced science
Henrietta Lacks' cells were essential in developing the polio vaccine and were used in scientific landmarks such as cloning, gene mapping and in vitro fertilization. Courtesy of the Lacks family ...
PBS: Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks' estate over use of her cancer cells to advance medicine
Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks' estate over use of her cancer cells to advance medicine
CNN: Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks’ estate over use of her ‘stolen’ cells to advance medicine
Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks’ estate over use of her ‘stolen’ cells to advance medicine
National Catholic Reporter: In 2025, the 'immortal' Henrietta Lacks is still receiving her due
Next year will mark 75 years since the death of Henrietta Lacks, whose "immortal" HeLa cells have proved nearly indispensable to modern medicine. Their use was crucial for the development of vaccines ...
Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks, which alleged that the company unfairly profited from her "immortal" cell line, taken without her ...