Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cervical cancer and received treatment from doctors, who removed and studied her cells without her permission. Lacks was the source of a living cell line used in medical research, known as "HeLa" cells.
Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cervical cancer and received treatment from doctors, who removed and studied her cells without her permission. Lacks was the source of a living cell line used in medical research, known as "HeLa" cells.
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A statue of the woman, whose cells were taken without her consent and became integral in several major medical breakthroughs, will be built in Roanoke, Va.