The Henrietta Lacks Hometown Initiative announces the unveiling of a new display at the South Boston-Halifax County Visitor’s ...

Crichton’s novel Next acts as an exploration into the ethics of biomedical research, asking the question “to what extent does science serve humanity, and when does it begin to exploit it?” Through a ...

Coppin State University honors Henrietta Lacks by naming their Health and Human Services Building after her, recognizing her contribution to medical research.

Henrietta Lacks was a poor black tobacco farmer who died in 1951 of cervical cancer. Unknown to her or her family, her cancer cells were saved and eventually used by scientists in 70 thousand ...

74 years ago, Turner Station resident Henrietta Lacks died at the age of 31 while undergoing treatment for cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Without the express permission of Lacks or her ...

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 ...

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, and though she died in 1951, her cells never did. Taken without her knowledge, they became the first immortal human cells ever grown in culture. This video explores how ...