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A lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company that uses the immortal cell line derived from Henrietta Lacks' cervical tissue can continue, a federal judge decided.

A lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company that uses the immortal cell line derived from Henrietta Lacks' cervical tissue can continue, a federal judge decided.

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A bronze likeness of Henrietta Lacks, who was born in Roanoke and died in a Baltimore hospital 31 years later in a way that some say made her the mother of modern medicine, was unveiled at a ceremony Wednesday in Roanoke.

The Roanoke native is considered the "mother of modern medicine" because cells harvested from her body after her death in 1951 are been essential to major medical breakthroughs.

Lawrence Lacks, the last living child of Henrietta Lacks, passed away at 86 after fighting for justice and recognition for his mother's HeLa cell line.

The family of Lawrence Lacks celebrated his life Wednesday. He led the lawsuit against the biotech company that used his mother's cells without her permission.

Living relatives of Henrietta Lacks have reached a confidential settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the multi-billion-dollar biotechnology company that has used regenerative cells taken from Lacks decades ago without her

HeLa cells have since become a cornerstone of modern medicine, enabling scientific and medical innovations, including the development of the polio vaccine and even COVID-19 shots.

Just over a week after Henrietta Lacks' descendants settled a lawsuit against a biotech company they accused of unjustly profiting off her cells for generations