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 ...
Johns Hopkins honored Henrietta Lacks' legacy by naming a building in her honor on Monday.Lacks' cells, known as HeLa cells, were taken without her knowledge in 1951 by researchers at Johns Hopkins ...
HELA is the mascot of Decentralized Science (DeSci) movement, striving to make science popular and fun (again). Inspired by the discovery of HeLa cells, one of the most valuable and timeless ...
The family of Henrietta Lacks can proceed with a lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company that uses the Baltimore County woman’s “immortal” cell line to develop medical treatments, a federal judge ...
BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A federal judge in Maryland rejected a pharmaceutical company’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the family of Henrietta Lacks over the use of cells taken from her ...
"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 ...
In 1951, a biopsy was performed on Henrietta Lacks as part of her treatment for cervical cancer. Henrietta died a few months later, but cells collected during the biopsy are being used for research ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - On this day, 105 years ago in 1920, Henrietta Lacks was born in Roanoke. She later moved to Halifax County. After a diagnosis of cervical cancer in 1951, her cells were taken by ...
The story of Henrietta Lacks and her “immortal” cells is not quite over. Her eldest son, Lawrence Lacks, has come forth requesting compensation from Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins University and possibly ...