Henrietta Lacks

Veronica Spencer seems to thrive on speaking to audiences about the heartbreaking story of a great-grandmother who became famous because of her cells.“I…

his article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 2, 2013 - HeLa cells have been known to scientists since the 1950s. But the name Henrietta Lacks,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 6, 2013 - Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman who died from ovarian cancer in 1951.…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman who died from ovarian cancer in 1951. Treated in the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 21, 2011 - The story is so fantastic it sounds like fiction. A poor Baltimore woman named…