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Them. and the first thing the authorities did was try to hush it up. and then they rushed out and said -- they did an obama. you know, you can't assume they're muslims. you can't assume this is sexual terrorism, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. and the mayor of cologne who is super, you know, free immigration, open borders, henrietta, she actually said within the last 24 hours, well, what women have to do german women just have to keep all strange men at arm's length. pretty tough to do. >> that's absurd is. >> they have got their mardi grass coming up. cologne is their new orleans. they are worr...

Published on the internet, opening the door to countless new cures but raising concerns about exploitation. america has a sordid history of experimentation on the poor and on african-americans. >> they took my grandmother's cells without her consent, without her knowledge, then in the '70s they took, they did research on henrietta's children without their consent, without their knowledge, and then here we go in 2013 henrietta's genome is published without the family's knowledge or concept. >> the national institute of health has brokered a deal with the lacks family this month. they will not b...

How it happened and that's when i started to understand a miracle happened. >> the patient was airlifted to another hospital where he spent five days recovering. he says he had no prior medical condition and has no medical explanation for his miraculous recovery. a new chapter for hen ret ya lax, the woman who died of cervical cancer in 1951. doctors removed some of her cancer cells without her consent. using them ever since for thousands of studies. her family never had a say in it until now. dr. mark segal is live with the story. hello, doctor. >> hi, shannon. when henrietta died, her cell...

Stage for groundbreaking medical treatments and research. henrietta lacks, do you know that name? she was a poor black woman suffering from cervical cancer in 1951 when doctors removed and tested those cells without her permission. the cells were used in tens of thousands of studies, but her family never had a say in any of this until now. dr. marc siegel is a professor of medicine at nyu land gone's medical center. >> henrietta lacks died 62 years ago at johns hopkins, but her cancer cells have lived on, hijacked by science for research on everything from cancer cures to vaccines to new drugs...

Know who her mom was. when rebecca came long and was helping debra get this information, they formed a close bond and they went and did research together to find information about henrietta, find information about her contributions, to get information from relatives to talk about henrietta as a woman, as a person, which was a big deal to my aunt because she always wanted to know more of her mom, what her mom was like, what was her favorite colors, what he smelled like. >> and is this a big source of pride now for the family to know that this recognition is going to be there, the proper use of ...