Summary
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been de... Full description
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Lacks, Henrietta, > 1920-1951 > Health.
African American women > History.
Human experimentation in medicine > United States > History.
Cancer > Patients > Biography.
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