Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer in 1951 in a racially segregated ward, where doctors cut out a sample of her cancer cells without her permission. The cells became a bedrock of modern medicine. NBC News’ Jacob Ward has more details on her family’s settlement with a research company that they say made “staggering profits” off the cells.
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Anybody upset that the family was FINALLY compensated are pure haters.
Capitalism makes people do evil things. Taking a dead woman's cells, turning billions in profit off them and thinking you owe the family nothing is outrageous. This never should have had to come to a lawsuit.
It's about time!
I'm reading the book about Henrietta Lacks in school right now and it's so nice to know that her family has finally gotten some of their rightfully deserved money!
It’s all about money that just makes everything better
Money money money
It's terrible but glad justice was served… hopefully
0:52 Once again, the Black community serves mankind. Thank you, #HenriettaLacks. R.I.P. ❤
It’s only right.
Oh now they all happy when the system works for them. Parasites.
This is a breakthrough I’m glad the family is being compensated after all these years. It’s crazy the medical advances they’ve been able to make with Henrietta Lacks cells
Let’s watch the family fight now
A wrong made right 👏
👏👏👏 I hope they get $Billions.
😂😂😂 nobody cares!
Thank you for showing the family❤️
She helped the World – You got paid not justice.
Omg
Good for them 👍
They are so wealthy
Sooo groundbreaking that people are still getting and dying of cancer 😂
That's white supremacy for you — exploit blacks and then say "blacks have done nothing for us."
Using the term "black bodies" sounds degrading & insulting.
Rubbish
Bailey Sarian, anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vumsFOfi5EY&ab_channel=OnlyHuman
Great news. Learned about her contributions in college and the injustices that occurred. I had the pleasure of seeing her cells under a microscope in our research lab. They are actively using her cells to find more effective treatments for chlamydia.
Awesome 🎉🎉🎉🎉
This will be the discussion of my age. Now lets see how they play this out with genetic copyrights over a larger scale.
Wow this is a great story. Thermo Fisher Scientific settled w/the family-should be sooner. Thank you for the science contribution of Hela cancer cell. Amazing science story!
Because her story has been told everywhere patients have been questioning where, and how their tissues are being used as well, which is most likely why biotech even explored paying them back because they were starting to lose money and tissues from people who are now saying no, you can’t take my tissues. Despite what has taken place here, Mrs. Lacks’ cells have made a huge contribution to medicine, and I hope that people will continue to donate their tissues, but keep themselves informed and aware of what’s going on with the process.
Wow! Terrific!
Bless Ms Skloots for her detective work, grace, and love of the truth. Her book about Ms Lacks really affected me and I gave the book to my daughter who is now a doctor. She read it in high school and I sincerely hope that Henrietta Lacks remains at the back of her mind the entire time she practices medicine. Bless Ms Lacks and her family. How proud they must be to have this miracle of a woman in their family history.