Black History in Two Minutes (or so)

Henrietta Lacks: The Woman with the Immortal Cells


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In February 1951, a young African-American woman by the name of Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cervical cancer. Unbeknownst to her, cells from her specific cancer were extracted and sent to a lab to be studied.
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