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Unlike most cells, which survived only a few days, Lacks' cells were not only far more durable, but were able to reproduce indefinitely.
Cells taken in 1951 from Lacks, a Black woman, without her knowledge became the cornerstone of modern medical research.
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Baltimore Rep. Kweisi Mfume says he has introduced legislation that would award a Congressional Gold Medal to Henrietta Lacks, the late Turner Station resident whose cell line has been used in multiple medical breakthroughs.
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Family members of Henrietta Lacks are asking a federal judge to reject Thermo Fisher Scientific’s second try to get the court to dismiss the family’s lawsuit against the biotech company.
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Family members of Henrietta Lacks are asking a federal judge to reject Thermo Fisher Scientific’s second try to get the court to dismiss the family’s lawsuit against the biotech company.