Henrietta Lacks died 1951. Her cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and continues to be a source of invaluable medical data to the present day. The cells were taken out of her body without her consent and without her family knowing until 1975.

Henrietta Lacks died 1951. Her cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and continues to be a source of invaluable medical data to the present day. The cells were taken out of her body without her consent and without her family knowing until 1975.

October 28, 2021

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