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 ...

Henrietta Lacks' family can proceed with lawsuit against Ultragenyx over HeLa cells 01:57. BALTIMORE -- The family of Henrietta Lacks has scored a major win in their fight to be compensated for ...

BALTIMORE -- The family of Henrietta Lacks reached a settlement Monday in their lawsuit against a biotech company over the use of her immortal cells, known as "HeLa cells." The lawsuit, filed in ...