Henrietta Lacks' cells were essential in developing the polio vaccine and were used in scientific landmarks such as cloning, gene mapping and in vitro fertilization. Courtesy of the Lacks family ...

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 ...

"Now, Henrietta Lacks' grandson, Ron Lacks, says Ultragenyx unjustly reaps some of the benefits of the wrongs against his grandmother," District Judge Deborah L. Boardman said. "Ultragenyx says it has ...

HELA is the mascot of Decentralized Science (DeSci) movement, striving to make science popular and fun (again). Inspired by the discovery of HeLa cells, one of the most valuable and timeless ...

BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — 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 ...

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.

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - On this day, 105 years ago in 1920, Henrietta Lacks was born in Roanoke. She later moved to Halifax County. After a diagnosis of cervical cancer in 1951, her cells were taken by ...

The original version of this story was published on Law.com An unjust enrichment claim filed by the grandson of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cervical cancer cells were taken without her ...