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The Legacy of Henrietta Lacks: How One Woman’s Cells Revolutionized Medicine https://shinemycrown.com/the-legacy-of-henrietta-lacks-how-one-womans-cells-revolutionized-medicine/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #HenriettaLacks #MedicalHistory #HeLaCells #CancerResearch #BlackHistory
#Crump, a #civilrights attorney, has become well known for representing #victims of #policeviolence and calling for #racialjustice, especially in the aftermath of #GeorgeFloyd’s #murder. The Lacks family joined him Tuesday near Baltimore’s waterfront to announce the settlement
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Not to mention the whole #HenriettaLacks #HeLaCells debacle.
"Officials said a life-size bronze of Henrietta Lacks will be erected in her hometown of Roanoke, Virginia.
Her family has called the planned monument "an honour".
Henrietta Lacks' cancer cells were the first cloned outside the human body and have been instrumental in medical breakthroughs around the world. Scientists have called her the "mother of modern medicine"." #medicine #research #cellbiology #HeLaCells
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64059050?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=22dd9c0dcf-briefing-dy-20221223&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-22dd9c0dcf-43415625
Lacks, an Africian-American woman, was treated for cervical cancer when samples were taken without her knowledge or consent. Used to create the first immortalised human cell line, #HeLacells have contributed to numerous medical innovations (e.g. the polio vaccine).
