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The Henrietta Lacks Foundation, a foundation established to, among other things, help provide scholarship funds and health insurance to Henrietta Lacks's family. Michael Rogers, The Double-Edged Helix, Rolling Stone March 25, 1976 "25 Years after Death, Black Mother's Cells Live for Cancer Study", Jet Magazine, April 1, 1976
Under a misty Baltimore sky, two grandsons of the woman who contributed a monumental amount of herself to mankind sit. They are just a few of the descendants of Henrietta Lacks, a woman who they ...
The remarkable science involved — and the impact on the Lacks family, some of whom had chronic illnesses and no health insurance — were documented in a bestselling book by Rebecca Skloot ...
The family of Henrietta Lacks agreed Monday to settle its lawsuit against Thermo Fisher Scientific, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company that sold products derived from the Baltimore County ...
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a 2017 American drama television film directed by George C. Wolfe and starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne.It is based on the book of the same name by Rebecca Skloot and documents the story of Henrietta Lacks, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in the 1950s, and whose cancer cells (later known as HeLa) would change the course of cancer treatment.
Henrietta Lacks’ descendants joined the groundbreaking at the future site of the Baltimore building. ... and we offer our heartfelt thanks to the members of the Lacks family for their generosity ...
The book is about Henrietta Lacks and the immortal cell line, known as HeLa, that came from Lacks's cervical cancer cells in 1951. Skloot became interested in Lacks after a biology teacher referenced her but knew little about her. Skloot began conducting extensive research on her and worked with Lacks' family to create the book.
The estate of Henrietta Lacks filed a lawsuit in Maryland federal court on Thursday accusing biopharmaceutical company Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical of unlawfully profiting from cells that were taken ...