Henrietta Lacks' family is on a quest to get compensation for Lacks' immortal HeLa cells. They were taken without her permission while she was being treated for cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins in ...

The family of Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman behind HeLa cells, has reached a settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Maryland lawmakers introduced a bill Monday to posthumously award Henrietta Lacks a Congressional Gold Medal for her contributions to medical research through her HeLa cells.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a pharmaceutical company on Monday, accusing it of selling cells that doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took from the Black woman in 1951 ...