It was the Fourth of July in 2020 when Nick Kharufeh’s life changed. Just 23 at the time, he was at a family party when an errant firework struck his left eye. It wasn’t painful, but he couldn’t see out of it. It was so dark outside that his dad couldn’t tell how bad the… Continue reading Using stem cells, doctors restore vision to people blinded in one eye
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Family of Henrietta Lacks settles with Thermo Fisher Scientific over continued use of her cells
More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ 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. Tissue taken from the Black woman’s… Continue reading Family of Henrietta Lacks settles with Thermo Fisher Scientific over continued use of her cells