Since 2010, the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research has hosted the Henrietta Lacks Memorial ...

TACTS Hosts Annual Health & Wellness Networking Social (Photo credit: Eddy "Precise" Lamarre) On May 31, 2025, TACTS (The Association of Clinical Trial Services) hosted its Annual Health & Wellness ...

People in Baltimore are coming together this weekend to put the final touches on a mural honoring the legacy of Henrietta Lacks, known as the "mother of modern medicine." Loretta Pleasant, known to ...

Join the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Saturday, Oct. 4 for the 15th anniversary of the Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture, honoring the enduring legacy of Henrietta ...

Around Baltimore, it's difficult to find someone unfamiliar with the name Henrietta Lacks. If they do not know Lacks herself, then they have surely heard of the "HeLa" cell, the first and oldest ...

On Saturday, August 2, people gathered at Union Baptist Church in Turner Station to remember one of the neighborhood's most prominent residents, Henrietta Lacks. Every year, members of the Turner ...

Shawn Berkins and the Baltimore community honored the driving force behind modern scientific research during a Henrietta Lacks Paint Day. Artist Shawn Berkins and Baltimore residents honor Henrietta ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - On this day, 105 years ago in 1920, Henrietta Lacks was born in Roanoke. She later moved to Halifax County. After a diagnosis of cervical cancer in 1951, her cells were taken by ...

Henrietta Lacks’ cells revolutionized medicine, aiding vaccine development and advancing the understanding of cancer and other diseases.

In February, Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old Black woman, started to complain about intense headaches. She went to Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and was only given medication before being ...