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 ...

A lawsuit between the family of Henrietta Lacks and a biotech company accused of profiting off her “immortal” cell line has been referred to a magistrate judge for settlement talks, new court records ...

The first immortal human cells grown in culture were taken from an African American woman without her consent. Those cells have been crucial to life-saving medical developments, such as the polio ...

This article continues the AFRO’s coverage of Henrietta Lacks’ story. Deborah Bailey’s interview of attorney Ben Crump, who’s representing the family, will be on Afro.com for Monday’s #AFRONewsAtNoon.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio— On Aug 1, the descendants of Henrietta Lacks made medical history when they settled their lawsuit against Thermo Fisher Scientific, one of the medical research companies they claim ...

Rose Byrne & Oprah Winfrey in 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'; Dr. Roland Pattillo (insert) Courtesy Morehouse School of Medicine/HBO Roland A. Pattillo, the gynecologic oncologist who played a ...

Lawyers for the Massachusetts biopharma company Thermo Fisher Scientific and descendants of Henrietta Lacks were in court this week in a case with potentially big intellectual property and racial ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — The Henrietta Lacks Traveling Museum is making a stop in its creator’s hometown. Curated by Jermaine Jackson, a great nephew of Lacks, the museum tells the history of a woman who’s ...

"HeLa" cells have led to several medical breakthroughs. The family of Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman whose cells were collected from her body and used for medical research without her ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - More than 70 years after cancer claimed the life of Henrietta Lacks, the city where she was born honored her monumental contribution to medical research. Wednesday morning, ...

Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.) filed legislation March 15 to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Henrietta Lacks, a Baltimore County woman whose cells were used for medical research without ...