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On the anniversary of her transition, remember that HeLa cells were used for studying the effects of SARS-CoV replication to develop the COVID vaccine.
— Rose Reyes (@roseareyes1) October 4, 2021
Rest well, Henrietta Lacks. pic.twitter.com/LZTwliBJXS
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Today marks 70 YEARS since Henrietta Lacks' death. We have filed a lawsuit against the US biotech giant Thermo Fisher Scientific for unjustly enriching their company by using her cells w/o consent! We are seeking #geneticjustice for Lacks' family! https://t.co/wBwNhhsO71
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) October 4, 2021
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The estate of Henrietta Lacks has sued the pharmaceutical company, Thermo Fisher Scientific, on Monday, accusing it of selling cells that doctors at Johns Hopkins hospital took in 1951 without her knowledge or consent.https://t.co/Co9hdHRlVr
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) October 4, 2021
Thermo Fisher Scientific, of Waltham, Massachusetts, knowingly mass-produced and sold tissue that was taken from Lacks by doctors at the hospital and “a racially unjust medical system”, the federal lawsuit alleges.
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) October 4, 2021
It also seeks an order permanently enjoining Thermo Fisher Scientific from using the HeLa cell line without the estate’s permission.
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) October 4, 2021
***I came back to add to the thread that it’s interesting to observe the racial demographics of the people who have commented or QT’d who *don’t* think that her family deserves any compensation.
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) October 5, 2021
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