Novartis settled a lawsuit from Henrietta Lacks' estate over profiting from her cells, taken without consent in 1951. Her "immortal" HeLa cells enabled major medical advances. This is the estate's second such settlement with a biotech firm.
Novartis Settles Henrietta Lacks Cell Line Lawsuit
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