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Biotech company settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells uphold medicine
More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacksβ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company they sued in 2021, accusing its leaders of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system.
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1 Dead, 27 Injured After Bus Carrying Brandeis University Students Crashes in Mass.
One person is dead and 27 others were injured when a shuttle bus carrying Brandeis University students crashed into a tree late Saturday night in Waltham, Massachusetts, authorities said.