The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company on Monday, accusing it of selling cells that doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took from the Black woman in 1951 without her knowledge or ...

It’s a big day for genetic justice. More than 70 years after Henrietta Lacks’ cells were first harvested without her or her family’s consent, The New York Times reports that the Lacks family and the ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with science journalist and author Rebecca Skloot about Henrietta Lacks, whose family just settled with a biotech company that used her cancer cells without consent. More than ...

The family's attorney Ben Crump says the Henrietta Lacks' estate has reached a settlement in the case of the cells that were harvested without her consent Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty The ...

The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cervical cancer cells obtained during a tumor biopsy at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s were used in revolutionary medical research without her ...

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 ...

These are known as HeLa cells because they were originally isolated from a woman named Henrietta Lacks. She went to Johns Hopkins Medical Center in 1951 and was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The lawsuit over a biotechnology company’s profiting off Henrietta Lacks’ cell line will head to ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The family of Henrietta Lacks agreed Monday to settle its lawsuit against Thermo Fisher Scientific ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By LEA SKENE and SARAH BRUMFIELD (Associated Press) BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ ...

BALTIMORE — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with ...