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Advocates, congressional leaders and the family of Henrietta Lacks say she deserves to be honored for her unknowing contribution to medicine that has played a vital role in the polio vaccine, cloning, in vitro fertilization, gene mapping and more.
Henrietta Lacks, whose stolen cancer cells changed medicine, nominated for Congressional Gold Medal
Contributions from diverse participants set to change the landscape of genomics research
The University of Washington researcher leveraged data from the Human Genome Project to identify genes underlying various health conditions and advance precision medicine.
Using the Human Genome Project as her guide, she helped find genes responsible for cardiovascular disease, autism and a rare disorder called Miller syndrome.