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Here is an excerpt from the book The Immortal Life of
Henrietta Lacks
"Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her
as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her
slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the
most important tools in medicine. The first 'immortal' human cells grown in
culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than
sixty years.
Yet Henrietta remains virtually unknown.
Henrietta's family didn't learn of her 'immortality' until
more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa
began using her husband and children in research without informed consent.
Even though Henrietta's cells launched a multimillion-dollar
industry that sells human biological materials, the family never saw any of the
profits, and for decades after her death, many of her descendants struggled in
Baltimore, often going years without health insurance."
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