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 ...

GENEVA (AP) — The chief of the World Health Organization has honored the late Henrietta Lacks, an American woman whose cancer cells ended up providing the foundation for vast scientific breakthroughs.

Loudoun County Public Schools named a primary school after Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman who's had a lasting medical impact on the world. The district gathered to honor Lacks in a ...

On Monday, Henrietta Lacks’ estate sued a biotechnology company over allegations that it is selling cells that physicians at Johns Hopkins Hospital took from the Black woman in 1951 without her ...

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 ...

The family of Henrietta Lacks agreed Monday to settle its lawsuit against Thermo Fisher Scientific, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company that sold products derived from the Baltimore County ...