August 01, 2023
The family of the late Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were harvested without her knowledge to create the first immortalized human cell line and used for cancer research, has settled a suit alleging that Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. profited from the cells.
April 06, 2022
Various law groups and legal professors said Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. shouldn't be able to dodge a suit claiming the biotechnology company is using, for its own profit, cells taken from a Black woman decades ago without her permission.
October 04, 2021
Biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific is using cells from a Black woman that were taken from her decades ago without her permission for its own profit, according to a new lawsuit filed in Maryland federal court.