Roland Pattillo protected Henrietta Lacks' memory. He died leaving that legacy : NPR : vimarsana.com

Lacks, a Black mother in Baltimore, died from cervical cancer in 1951. Her tumor cells, taken without her knowledge, became the first successful "immortal" cell line, and used for medical research.

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