Just over a week after Henrietta Lacks’ descendants settled a lawsuit against a biotech company they accused of unjustly profiting off her cells for generations, the family’s attorneys have filed ...

Henrietta Lacks' cells were essential in developing the polio vaccine and were used in scientific landmarks such as cloning, gene mapping and in vitro fertilization. Courtesy of the Lacks family ...

A lawsuit between the family of Henrietta Lacks and a biotech company accused of profiting off her “immortal” cell line has been referred to a magistrate judge for settlement talks, new court records ...

Rebecca Skloot’s bestselling debut book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the product of more than a decade of research and writing, is the summer reading selection for incoming Smith College ...

BALTIMORE -- The family of Henrietta Lacks reached a settlement Monday in their lawsuit against a biotech company over the use of her immortal cells, known as "HeLa cells." The lawsuit, filed in 2021, ...

The complex scientific, racial and social issues surrounding the “immortal cells” of Henrietta Lacks will be explored by members of her family when they speak at UB’s sixth annual conference on ...

BALTIMORE - Henrietta Lacks' family is expected back in court Monday morning to continue their fight for compensation for her immortal cells, known as "HeLa cells." Lacks' family says they have never ...

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This HBO program got an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Television Movie last year. Other than that one major award, this movie was mostly overlooked last spring. Nevertheless, it was by far one of ...

The cells derived from her cancer have helped advance medical research for 70 years, but neither she nor her family were ever compensated for their use. Reading time 2 minutes The family of Henrietta ...

A lawsuit between the family of Henrietta Lacks and biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific has now been settled. On Tuesday (August 1), The Baltimore Sun reported that Lacks’ descendants alleged ...

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Read the story at Maryland Matters. NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 06: General atmosphere at HBO's The HeLa Project ...