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Henrietta Lacks: Biography, Cervical Cancer Patient, HeLa Cells
Biography via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHenrietta Lacks, the subject of ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ book and movie, is the source...
Henrietta Lacks' family settles with biotech company that used her cells. Here's why her story is so...
Yahoo Life Style via AOL· 10 months agoDuring a biopsy in 1950, Henrietta Lacks' tissue was removed and used in medical research without...
Henrietta Lacks statue to replace Robert E. Lee monument in Virginia
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA bronze statue of Henrietta Lacks, whose "immortal" cells were taken without her permission and...
Henrietta Lacks' Family Is Coming For More Companies that Used Her Cells Without Consent
The Root via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDecades after her death, the family of Henrietta Lacks continues to seek justice from the companies...
Henrietta Lacks' Family Just Scored a Major Victory Against Big Pharma Over Misuse of Her Cells
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe family of a Black woman whose biopsied cancer cells have been used in medical research without...
Second Henrietta Lacks family lawsuit can proceed against pharmaceutical company, judge rules
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoBALTIMORE — The family of Henrietta Lacks can proceed with a lawsuit against a pharmaceutical...
Regents guard Analisa Taylor keeps it real with basketball, family and playing guitar
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoAll about Analisa: Her baseline is her family If you had a plane ticket to travel anywhere in the...
Diverse community group works together and devises plan to address fentanyl crisis | Opinion
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPrevent fentanyl deaths There were 49 confirmed, drug-related deaths in Beaufort County in 2021, the...
How Octavia E. Butler mined her boundless curiosity to forge a new vision for humanity
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOctavia E. Butler poses in a Seattle bookstore in 2004. The celebrated science fiction author died...
Medical exploitation of Black people in America goes far beyond the cells stolen from Henrietta...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA photo of Henrietta Lacks sits in the living room of her grandson. Jonathan Newton/The Washington...