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 ...

BALTIMORE -- The family of Henrietta Lacks has scored a major win in their fight to be compensated for her revolutionary HeLa cells. The immortal cells have been tremendously influential in modern ...

A lawyer representing the eldest son and two grandsons of Henrietta Lacks, whose "immortal cells" have been the subject of a best-selling book, a TV movie, a family feud, cutting-edge medical research ...

Seventy-five years ago, long before standards mandating informed consent of research subjects were established, Henrietta Lacks unknowingly became a part of one of the most significant discoveries in ...

BALTIMORE - The family of Henrietta Lacks filed a lawsuit against two more pharmaceutical companies for profiting from her immortal HeLa cells without their consent. Lacks' family is suing Novartis ...

March 12 (Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Viatris (VTRS.O), opens new tab has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of Henrietta Lacks, a Maryland woman whose tissue samples were used without her ...

Human cells stored and grown in laboratory of Stanford University Medical Center will be used for the first time in the U.S. to make the vaccines that protect people against disease. use of human, ...