Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were stolen, leading to medical advances, finally gets measure of recognition
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
Posted Dec 19, 2020
The Henrietta Lacks Act was a focus of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Baltimore Democrat who died in 2019. Cummings, who like Lacks was Black, was concerned about the lack of participation by people of color in clinical trials for cancer research. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP
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BALTIMORE — A bill inspired by the late Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were used for medical research without her consent, is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk following a push by Maryland lawmakers.