On October 4, 1951, Henrietta Lacks died. But her cells didn't. Over 50,000,000 tons have since been produced worldwide.

The family of Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose cells were taken without her consent in 1951 and led to various medical advancements, has reached a settlement with pharmaceutical company Novartis for ...

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Discover how Henrietta Lacks' cells were used without consent, impacting medicine and raising crucial ethical questions.

Ms. Lacks’s family accused Novartis of profiting from her cells, which were taken from her without her consent in 1951, when ...

Pharmaceutical giant Novartis has reached a settlement with the estate of Henrietta Lacks, whose harvested cells transformed ...

More than 70 years after Henrietta Lacks’ cells were taken without her knowledge, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies has agreed to settle with her family. Novartis has resolved a ...

The Henrietta Lacks estate has secured a settlement with Novartis over the unauthorized use of her cancer cells, while ...

The agreement ends litigation between the Swiss company and the estate of Henrietta Lacks, which filed a lawsuit in federal court in Baltimore against Novartis and Viatris in August 2024. The family ...

Coppin State University’s (CSU) Health and Human Services Building now bears the name of Henrietta Lacks, honoring the Baltimore woman whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951— became the first ...

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and ...

It’s the second settlement in lawsuits filed by the estate that accused biomedical businesses of reaping rewards from a ...