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.
https://ift.tt/3BqOYcR via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/3bg3VUB
