CityLine: Sun. May 30, 2021: Andrea Cabral, Ascend Massachusetts Share Updated: 12:30 PM EDT May 30, 2021
CityLine: Sun. May 30, 2021: Andrea Cabral, Ascend Massachusetts Share Updated: 12:30 PM EDT May 30, 2021
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Show Transcript Welcome back A sin is the first adult use dispensary in boston s downtown. This newly opened cannabis shop is now the largest in New England, located on Friends Street near the T. D. Garden. The five storey building spans 16,000 square feet. And joining us today is Andrea Cabral. She s ceo of a sin massachusetts with retail cannabis stores in boston, Newton, New Bedford and also ceo of mass growing cannabis cultivation and manufacturing company in Athol. Welcome to cityline Andrea Cabral. How are you? I am. Well, it s very nice to be with you. Good to see you today. So let s talk about the assassins. Uh store downtown is led by two african american women. One is the general manager, the other the assistant g
Carleton Biology Lab Renamed and Bursary Established In Honour of Henrietta Lacks
By Dan Rubinstein
In 1951, a 31-year-old Black mother of five named Henrietta Lacks was in medical distress and went to Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she was diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer.
Henrietta Lacks historical marker in Clover, VA (Photo: Emw, CC)
Despite treatment, she passed away eight months later. Unbeknownst to Lacks or her family, cells retrieved during a biopsy were sent to a tissue lab, where researchers made a remarkable discovery: unlike similar cell samples, which died quickly, Henrietta’s cells doubled every day.
Over the past seven decades, these so called “HeLa cells” have continued to multiply. They’ve been used in more than 75,000 studies around the world, helping scientists “study the effects of toxins, drugs, hormones and viruses on the growth of cancer cells without experimenting on humans,” says the Johns Hopkins website.