For years, pharmaceutical brands have profited from cells taken from Henrietta Lacks without her consent. Now her family is ...

The family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit with Novartis over use of her cells, marking a turning point in fight for ...

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

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

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

Just in time for Women’s History Month, the family of Henrietta Lacks scored another huge win in the decades-long fight for justice.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. ABC7 was joined by special guests head of an event Saturday at Imani Village promoting cancer prevention and more representation for Black ...

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 ...

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 ...

A long overdue reckoning for Henrietta Lacks — the Black woman whose cancer cells led to breakthroughs in the field but were harvested without her consent — has been slow but steady in recent years.

Henrietta Lacks’ cells were the first to reproduce in a laboratory, outside the human body, and have been used in ...