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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.
Recording artiste Ron Lacks likes to consider himself a visionary artiste who would love to be celebrated for what he dubs as a unique ability to seamlessly fuse the reggae and dancehall genres. With an unwavering commitment to authentic self-...
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.