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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Black tobacco farmer whose cancer cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in modern medicine.
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Henrietta LacksHeLa cellsmedical ethicsbioethicsinformed consentrace and medicinepatient rightsscientific discoverycell culturecancer researchimmortal cellsLacks familysocial justicehealthcare disparitiesnarrative nonfictionJohns Hopkinslegacytissue ownership