Shawn Berkins and the Baltimore community honored the driving force behind modern scientific research during a Henrietta Lacks Paint Day. Artist Shawn Berkins and Baltimore residents honor Henrietta ...

Henrietta Lacks’ descendants joined the groundbreaking at the future site of the Baltimore building. During her brief lifetime, Henrietta Lacks inadvertently changed the face of medicine. Now, the ...

Oct 28, 2024: The relatives of Henrietta Lacks - from left, JaBrea Rodgers, Pam Wilks, Alan Wilks, Veronica Robinson, Jeri Lacks-Whye, Shirley Lacks and David Lacks - pose during the groundbreaking ...

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.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Just over a week after Henrietta Lacks’ descendants settled a lawsuit against a biotech company they accused of unjustly profiting off her cells for generations, the family’s ...

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 ...

Join the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Saturday, Oct. 4 for the 15th anniversary of the Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture, honoring the enduring legacy of Henrietta ...

During her brief lifetime, Henrietta Lacks inadvertently changed the face of medicine. Now, the woman whose harvested cells continue to inform and advance medical research will also change the face of ...