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Statue of Henrietta Lacks dedicated in downtown Roanoke

A bronze likeness of Henrietta Lacks, who was born in Roanoke and died in a Baltimore hospital 31 years later in a way that some say made her the mother of modern medicine, was unveiled at a ceremony Wednesday in Roanoke.

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Henrietta Lacks statue dedicated in Roanoke City

Henrietta Lacks statue dedicated in Roanoke City
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Statue of Henrietta Lacks dedicated in downtown Roanoke

Statue of Henrietta Lacks dedicated in downtown Roanoke
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Roanoke dedicates statue to Henrietta Lacks, mother of modern medicine

The Roanoke native is considered the "mother of modern medicine" because cells harvested from her body after her death in 1951 are been essential to major medical breakthroughs.

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