Medical Giants Are Just Starting to Atone For Making Billions Off Henrietta Lacks’ Cells Without Her Consent

An attempt to pay reparations for the use of HeLa cells doesn’t go nearly far enough

Drew Costley
Future Human
Published in
2 min readNov 2, 2020

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For decades, pharmaceutical companies and research institutions have profited off the use of Henrietta Lacks’ cells for experiments. Lacks, a…

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Drew Costley
Future Human

Drew Costley is a Staff Writer at FutureHuman covering the environment, health, science and tech. Previously @ SFGate, East Bay Express, USA Today, etc.