The Latest Breaking News from Henrietta Lacks

Family Tree review – study of the mother of modern medicine falls between poetry and play

Mojisola Adebayo’s play connects Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were used in decades of vital scientific research, with the Black Lives Matter movement

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2023

Family of Henrietta Lacks asks court to reject Thermo Fisher’s second motion to dismiss lawsuit

BALTIMORE — Family members of Henrietta Lacks are asking a federal judge to reject Thermo Fisher Scientific’s second attempt to get the court to dismiss the family’s lawsuit against the multimillion-dollar biotech company.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

Henrietta Lacks' hometown will build statue of her to replace Robert E. Lee monument

A statue of the woman, whose cells were taken without her consent and became integral in several major medical breakthroughs, will be built in Roanoke, Va.

WEKU · Dec 22, 2022

Tech firms are making computer chips with human cells – is it ethical?

The year is 2030 and we are at the world’s largest tech conference, CES in Las Vegas. A crowd is gathered to watch a big tech company unveil its new smartphone. The CEO comes to the stage and announces the Nyooro, containing the most powerful processor ever seen in a…

The Conversation · May 24, 2022

Court to consider whether Henrietta Lacks’ family’s ‘unprecedented’ lawsuit over use of her cells can continue

BALTIMORE — A federal judge will decide whether the family of Henrietta Lacks has enough legal standing to continue its lawsuit against the biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific after the two sides argued in court Tuesday about the use of cells taken from Lacks more than 70 years ago.

Tribune News Service · May 17, 2022

Who was Henrietta Lacks?

In one sense, Henrietta Lacks is still alive today.

The Canberra Times · Feb 11, 2022