The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of improperly profiting from her cells.

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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 ...

Henrietta Lacks was born on August 1, 1920, in Roanoke, Virginia. Her birth name was Loretta Pleasant, but she eventually took the last name of her mother, Eliza Lacks.

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.

Henrietta Lacks' family gets justice 70 years after cells used without consent WALTHAM - Henrietta Lacks would have been 103 on Tuesday. Her gift is justice.

One of Massachusetts' biggest companies, Thermo Fisher Scientific, has settled a lawsuit involving compensation for advancements made using cells harvested from Henrietta Lacks.