Explore Henrietta Lacks' legacy, highlighting her pivotal role in science and the importance of ethical research and patient ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) In February 2026, over 70 years after doctors took Lacks’ cells without her consent or ...

This mixed-media artwork uses pen and watercolor pencil to depict cultured HeLa cells, the oldest immortalized cell line. Aligned with the theme of Black History Month 2024, ‘African Americans and the ...

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 ...

Attorneys Ben Crump and Christopher Seeger invite Big Pharma to step "to the table" as they resolve the matter regarding the HeLa cells. In what has been labeled a historic decision, a federal judge ...

Pharmaceutical giant Novartis has reached a settlement with the family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were taken from her without her consent in 1951, when she was dying of cervical ...

Next year will mark 75 years since the death of Henrietta Lacks, whose "immortal" HeLa cells have proved nearly indispensable to modern medicine. Their use was crucial for the development of vaccines ...

Hyderabad: In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical cancer tumor that killed Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year old African American mother, became an essential tool that helped the biomedical ...