A Utah teen has received a prestigious award from Congress. The honor took four years to achieve, involving hundreds of hours of volunteer and personal work.
Advocates, congressional leaders and the family of Henrietta Lacks say she deserves to be honored for her unknowing contribution to medicine that has played a vital role in the polio vaccine, cloning, in vitro fertilization, gene mapping and more.
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