Seventy-five years later, Mass. researchers reflect on how HeLa cells have become the cornerstone of modern medicine.

On October 4, 1951, Henrietta Lacks died. But her cells didn't. Over 50,000,000 tons have since been produced worldwide.

Immortality has fascinated humanity for millennia, from ancient myths of eternal youth to modern science fiction's promises of living forever. Today, the question is no longer confined to the realm of ...

(THE CONVERSATION) A defining characteristic of cancer cells is their immortality. Usually, normal cells are limited in the number of times they can divide before they stop growing. Cancer cells, ...

Ask a given person what they know about the history of the use of African-Americans as unwilling research subjects and they are likely to mention one infamous incident: Tuskegee. “Such a failure seems ...