Lacks' "HeLa" cells have led to numerous medical breakthroughs. A bronze statue honoring Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose "immortal" cells have resulted in countless medical breakthroughs, will be ...

A statue of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were taken without her consent and subsequently used in several major medical breakthroughs, will be built in her hometown in Roanoke, Va. The ...

The family of Henrietta Lacks sued two pharmaceutical giants for unjust enrichment on Monday, arguing they profited from Lacks’ genetic material without consent. The suit against Novartis ...

Lacks was a Black Roanoke woman whose cancer cell samples were taken without her consent and used in medical research. Roanoke artist Bryce Cobbs beaming next to his uncovered drawing of Henrietta ...

Here’s a wonderful bit of news to celebrate as 2022 draws to a close. The private campaign to fund the creation of a statue honoring Henrietta Lacks in downtown Roanoke has surpassed its $160,000 goal ...

A photo of Henrietta Lacks in the living room of her grandson, Ron Lacks Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images The city of Roanoke, Virginia, will erect a bronze statue of Henrietta ...