For decades, the story of Henrietta Lacks has carried a painful contradiction: cells taken from her body helped transform modern medicine, yet the Black woman behind them died poor and unknown, buried ...

Novartis is the second drug company to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a woman whose cells have enabled huge advances in science.

The family of Henrietta Lacks has reached an undisclosed settlement with pharmaceutical company Novartis, marking another legal victory in their effort to hold companies accountable for profiting from ...

Lacks' cells were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable major medical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Descendants of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells, known as HeLa cells, have been used in medical research without her permission, say a ...

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and ...

The Switzerland-based drugmaker resolved the lawsuit outside court. Both sides confirmed the arrangement but declined to disclose financial terms. A joint statement said they were pleased to resolve ...

Johns Hopkins honored Henrietta Lacks' legacy by naming a building in her honor on Monday.Lacks' cells, known as HeLa cells, were taken without her knowledge in 1951 by researchers at Johns Hopkins ...