said the settlement provides “some measure of justice for Henrietta Lacks, 70 years later.” The 31-year-old Lacks, a tobacco farmer from Virginia and mother of five, died of cervical cancer in ...

Henrietta Lacks, a poor African American tobacco farmer from Virginia, was born in August 1920 and was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cervical cancer at the age of 31. Dr Howard Jones at ...

Regarded from the perspective of expanding the knowledge base, there can be little doubt that the discovery and exploitation ...

Henrietta Lacks, often called the ‘Mother of Modern Medicine,’ has left a legacy that transcends generations and continues to ...

Family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken for research, settles with company that profited The family of Henrietta Lacks is settling a lawsuit against a biotechnology company it accuses of ...

In early 1951, a woman named Henrietta Lacks visited the “colored ward” at Johns Hopkins hospital for a painful lump she found on her cervix. She was seen by Dr. Howard W. Jones, who indeed ...

“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot tells the story of story of a poor black tobacco farmer who unknowingly became one of the most important figures in modern medical research.

Henrietta Lacks. It’s a name most of us don’t recognize or see in history books. Born in Roanoke, she died at 31 from cervical cancer but her cells were essential in finding a polio vaccine ...

Alfred Lacks Carter Jr. and Dr. Tonya S. Roberson from Governors State University joined ABC7 in studio Friday. Carter is the grandson of Henrietta Lacks. She is a Black woman whose cells changed ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of African American History and Culture have jointly acquired a portrait of Henrietta Lacks. She was being treated for cervical ...

In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a young black woman from Baltimore, died of cancer. However, before her death a small sample of her cells were taken from her without her knowledge, and these cells did ...