# @realdlhughley on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cvbjq0tJVaH
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- **Posted:** 2023-08-02T05:35:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** realdlhughley (@realdlhughley) — https://gondola.cc/realdlhughley

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70 years later, but the day has come for justice. Sometimes you have to stay the course in the name of principle and what is right. Congratulations to the family and attorneycrump for fighting the good fight! #TeamDL 

thegrio :
The family of #HenriettaLacks reached a settlement Monday in their lawsuit against a biotech company over the use of the Baltimore woman’s immortal cells, known as “HeLa cells.”

Lacks went to Johns Hopkins in 1951 for cervical cancer treatment. When her cancer cells were biopsied, doctors realized that instead of dying, her cells doubled every 20 to 24 hours.

They were nicknamed the “HeLa cells” and played a critical role in medical advancements. Despite having no permission from Lacks or her family, the cells were taken and are still being used for research in many things including vaccines and cosmetics.

The HeLa cells were also used in the development of the polio vaccine, along with treatments for cancer, HIV/AIDS, leukemia and Parkinson’s disease. She died of cancer in 1951.

The lawsuit, filed in 2021, demanded compensation for Thermo Fisher Scientific’s use of the cells, which were taken without Henrietta Lacks’ permission decades ago and are still being used for medical research today.

The terms of the settlement are confidential but both parties are “pleased” they were able to resolve the matter outside of court, prominent civil rights attorney #BenCrump said in a press conference Tuesday, which would have been Lacks’ 103rd birthday.

“I can think of no better present... than to give her family some measure of respect for Henrietta Lacks, some measure of dignity for Henrietta Lacks, and most of all some measure of justice for Henrietta Lacks,” Crump said.

Family present at the press conference, which included Lacks’ only living son and some of her grandchildren, let go of balloons in memory of her birthday.

For more updates, head to thegrio.com

🎥: wjztv

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