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LIttle Known Black History Fact: Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks passed away 67 years ago, but legacy lives on within the medical community. Her “HeLa” cells are the first immortal cell line and have been studied to produce vaccines and various forms of research.
Born Loretta Pleasant on August 1, 1940 in Roanoke, Va., Lacks worked as a tobacco farmer as a teenager and became a young mother during her teens as well. She married David “Day” Lacks in 1941 and the family relocated to Baltimore County, Maryland where the Lacks found work at a steel factory... Read More.
Source: blackamericaweb.com
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