Henrietta Lacks, a Black Maryland patient who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1951, had her cells collected during a biopsy without her consent. The descendants of Henrietta is now suing ...

Henrietta Lacks’ family recently settled their lawsuit with the biotechnology company that kept and used her cancer cells without her consent. “Members of the family of Henrietta Lacks and Thermo ...

The family of a Black woman whose biopsied cancer cells have been used in medical research without her consent for decades just scored a major victory in their fight for justice. On May 20, a federal ...

Alfred Lacks-Carter Jr., whose late grandmother, Henrietta Lacks’, cancer cell line led to treatments for COVID-19, AIDS, polio, cancer and other illnesses, wants to educate more people on the legacy ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. ABC7 was joined by special guests head of an event Saturday at Imani Village promoting cancer prevention and more representation for Black ...

GENEVA (AP) — The chief of the World Health Organization has honored the late Henrietta Lacks, an American woman whose cancer cells ended up providing the foundation for vast scientific breakthroughs.

Maryland lawmakers introduced a bill Monday to posthumously award Henrietta Lacks a Congressional Gold Medal for her contributions to medical research through her HeLa cells. The Henrietta Lacks ...

Dr. Roland Pattillo and his wife Pat O'Flynn Pattillo paid for Henrietta Lacks' permanent headstone, a smooth, substantial block of pink granite. It sits in the shape of a hardcover book. Henrietta ...

It’s been 75 years since Henrietta Lacks’ cells were taken without her consent. For decades, this Black woman remained a key contributor to modern medical research without anyone even knowing her name ...