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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...