Family Of Henrietta Lacks To Sue Pharmaceutical Companies

The family of Henrietta Lacks, also known as “The Mother of Modern Medicine,” is taking legal action against pharmaceutical companies for using her cells without permission. “The pharmaceutical corporations unethically and some may say illegally took her cells, her miraculous cells without her knowledge nor permission and they have manipulated her genetic material to this […]

Pharmaceutical maker Merck & Co. investigating how a noose ended up on its Durham, North Carolina plant

Pharmaceutical maker Merck & Co. is investigating how a noose ended up on the campus of its plant in Durham, North Carolina, according to a published report. Merck operates a 262-acre facility in north Durham. The News & Observer reports that a contractor on site found “a rope fashioned as a noose” at a construction project, according to an […]