Lawyers for the Estate of Henrietta Lacks will be in court Tuesday morning surrounding a lawsuit filed against Thermo Fisher Scientific. They argue the company made a “conscious choice to sell and ...

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.

The astonishing story of Henrietta Lacks' immortal cells, taken without consent, revolutionized medical research but also ...

A permanent display at the South Boston-Halifax County Visitor Center honoring the legacy of one of Halifax County’s own, Henrietta Lacks, was unveiled Friday afternoon.

Halifax County is celebrating the legacy of Henrietta Lacks with a new exhibit at the visitor center, highlighting her ...

South Boston, Va. (WFXR) — A wall honoring the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks, whose immortal ‘HeLa’ cells were the first cell line to live and replicate outside the human body, was unveiled at ...

Coppin State University’s (CSU) Health and Human Services Building now bears the name of Henrietta Lacks, honoring the Baltimore woman whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951— became the first ...

Shawn Berkins and the Baltimore community honored the driving force behind modern scientific research during a Henrietta Lacks Paint Day. Artist Shawn Berkins and Baltimore residents honor Henrietta ...

Join the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Saturday, Oct. 4, for the 15th anniversary of the Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture, honoring the enduring legacy of Henrietta ...

People in Baltimore are coming together this weekend to put the final touches on a mural honoring the legacy of Henrietta Lacks, known as the "mother of modern medicine." Loretta Pleasant, known to ...