BALTIMORE -- The family of Henrietta Lacks reached a settlement Monday in their lawsuit against a biotech company over the use of her immortal cells, known as "HeLa cells." The lawsuit, filed in 2021, ...

The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were harvested without her knowledge or consent for use in medical research, has reached a settlement with the biotech company Thermo Fisher ...

BALTIMORE - Henrietta Lacks' family is expected back in court Monday morning to continue their fight for compensation for her immortal cells, known as "HeLa cells." Lacks' family says they have never ...

This mixed-media artwork uses pen and watercolor pencil to depict cultured HeLa cells, the oldest immortalized cell line. Aligned with the theme of Black History Month 2024, ‘African Americans and the ...

Descendants of Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose cells have been central to decades of important scientific breakthroughs, settled litigation with a biotech company that had allegedly profited ...

Descendants of Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose cells have been central to decades of important scientific breakthroughs, settled with a biotechnology company they claimed in a lawsuit profited ...

The family of Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose cervical tumor cells scientists have been able to clone and use to develop treatments and vaccines without her nor her family’s knowledge, recently ...

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 ...

The family of Henrietta Lacks has reached a settlement with a science and technology company that it says used cells taken without Lacks' consent in the 1950s to develop products it later sold for a ...

"Now, Henrietta Lacks' grandson, Ron Lacks, says Ultragenyx unjustly reaps some of the benefits of the wrongs against his grandmother," District Judge Deborah L. Boardman said. "Ultragenyx says it has ...

Aug 10 (Reuters) - The estate of Henrietta Lacks filed a lawsuit in Maryland federal court on Thursday accusing biopharmaceutical company Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (RARE.O), opens new tab of ...

LIFE AND LEGACY. REVEREND AL SHARPTON CAME TO THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE AT THE FAMILY’S REQUEST. HE GAVE THE EULOGY. IT IS AN HONOR BEYOND WORDS TO BE EVEN ASKED TO GIVE WORDS LESS KNOWN. THE EULOGY FOR ...