More than 650 people attended the 15th Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture in person and virtually on Saturday, Oct. 4. The ...

BALTIMORE -- The family of Henrietta Lacks has scored a major win in their fight to be compensated for her revolutionary HeLa cells. The immortal cells have been tremendously influential in modern ...

BALTIMORE -- A federal judge in Maryland rejected a pharmaceutical company's attempt to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the family of Henrietta Lacks over the use of cells taken from her body in the 1950s.

Oct 28, 2024: The relatives of Henrietta Lacks - from left, JaBrea Rodgers, Pam Wilks, Alan Wilks, Veronica Robinson, Jeri Lacks-Whye, Shirley Lacks and David Lacks - pose during the groundbreaking ...

The family of Henrietta Lacks can proceed with a lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company that uses the Baltimore County woman’s “immortal” cell line to develop medical treatments, a federal judge ...

On Oct. 4, the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) hosted the 15th annual Henrietta Lacks ...

May 20 (Reuters) - The estate of Henrietta Lacks can move forward with a lawsuit against biopharmaceutical company Ultragenyx (RARE.O), opens new tab over the use of cells taken from Lacks' body in ...

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 ...

Aug 5 (Reuters) - Novartis (NOVN.S), opens new tab and Viatris (VTRS.O), opens new tab were hit with a federal lawsuit in Maryland on Monday by the family of a woman whose tissue cells were taken from ...

Loudoun County Public Schools named a primary school after Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman who's had a lasting medical impact on the world. The district gathered to honor Lacks in a ...

and her contributions to the fight against polio. Just days later, submissions closed for the Henrietta Lacks Hometown Initiative’s contest to design a memorial in her native Halifax County, Virginia.

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 ...