In Henrietta Lacks’s centennial year, researchers must do more to ensure that human cells cannot be taken without consent.

The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells have been used for scientific research for decades, reached a settlement Tuesday with the biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific, the ...

The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of improperly profiting from her cells. ... Please check your inbox to confirm. Full Episode. Friday ...

The family of Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose cells have been used for groundbreaking scientific research for decades, filed a lawsuit Monday against Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. for unjust ...

The family of Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman behind HeLa cells, has reached a settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Ms. Lacks’s family had accused Thermo Fisher Scientific of profiting from her cells, which have contributed to revolutionary advances in medicine, without seeking their permission. By Amanda ...

Lacks shared a room with her cousin, David 'Day' Lacks, whom she later married. When she was 14 years old, the two had a son named Lawrence. Four years later, they had a daughter, Elsie, who was ...

WALTHAM - Henrietta Lacks would have been 103 on Tuesday. Her gift is justice. Seventy years ago, Lacks went to the hospital for cancer treatment. Her cells were used for research purposes without ...

Despite that incalculable impact, the Lacks family had never been compensated. Doctors harvested Lacks’ cells in 1951, long before the advent of consent procedures used in medicine and ...

Henrietta Lacks' family can proceed with lawsuit against Ultragenyx over HeLa cells 01:57. BALTIMORE -- The family of Henrietta Lacks has scored a major win in their fight to be compensated for ...

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 ...