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Formerly known as the Dean’s Council Diversity Excellence in Medicine Endowed Scholarship, the scholarship will honor Henrietta Lacks’ contributions to science and medicine.
Henrietta Lacks, from Maryland, US, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cervical cancer 1951.
The family of a black woman in the US whose cervical cells were taken without her knowledge have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company they sued in 2021, their lawyer has said.
Even though she died more than 70 years ago her cells are still being used in medical research.
Even though she died more than 70 years ago her cells are still being used in medical reserach.