Rebecca Skloot’s bestselling debut book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the product of more than a decade of research and writing, is the summer reading selection for incoming Smith College ...

Dr. Roland Pattillo and his wife Pat O'Flynn Pattillo paid for Henrietta Lacks' permanent headstone, a smooth, substantial block of pink granite. It sits in the shape of a hardcover book. Henrietta ...

Roland A. Pattillo, the gynecologic oncologist who played a pivotal role in bringing the case of Henrietta Lacks to public awareness and was played by Ruben Santiago-Hudson in the 2017 HBO movie The ...

Best-selling young adult novelist Maggie Stiefvater and Henrietta Lacks’ grandson Ron Lacks are among the authors featured at Baltimore’s premier literary festival. The Baltimore Book Festival ...

During her brief lifetime, Henrietta Lacks inadvertently changed the face of medicine. Now, the woman whose harvested cells continue to inform and advance medical research will also change the face of ...

Rose Byrne & Oprah Winfrey in 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'; Dr. Roland Pattillo (insert) Courtesy Morehouse School of Medicine/HBO Roland A. Pattillo, the gynecologic oncologist who played a ...