Henrietta Lacks, often called the ‘Mother of Modern Medicine,’ has left a legacy that transcends generations and continues to save millions of lives. She was born in Roanoke on Aug. 1, 1920, to Eliza ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During a biopsy in 1950, Henrietta Lacks' tissue was removed and used in medical research without her knowledge or consent. She ...

This story was originally published by The Baltimore Banner. Henrietta Lacks’ living relatives gathered Tuesday morning in a sunny Baltimore waterfront park to herald the settlement they reached with ...

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 ...

Nicholas Hunt / Getty Images for HBO The family of Henrietta Lacks has reached a settlement with a science and technology company it says used cells taken without Lacks’ consent in the 1950s to ...

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 ...

For what would have been Henrietta Lacks’ 103th birthday, her family got her some justice: A settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific over the Massachusetts-based company’s use of cells obtained ...

This HBO program got an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Television Movie last year. Other than that one major award, this movie was mostly overlooked last spring. Nevertheless, it was by far one of ...

It’s been 75 years since Henrietta Lacks’ cells were taken without her consent. For decades, this Black woman remained a key contributor to modern medical research without anyone even knowing her name ...

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 ...