President Donald Trump signed a bill Tuesday inspired by the late Henrietta Lacks, a Baltimore County woman whose cells were used for medical research without her consent.
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Many Clark County residents likely have a passing familiarity with the remarkable story of Henrietta Lacks, thanks to a local high school. And although Lacks died in 1951, her influence continues to grow.
The U.S. Senate last week passed the Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act, which would require the federal government to publish a report on government-funded cancer research trials, including the amount of participation by underrepresented populations and the barriers to participation. The House passed the bill by voice vote earlier this month.
Lacks, a Black woman who lived in Baltimore, was treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital for cervical cancer. Without her knowledge or consent, doctors took her cancer cells and used them for medical research. Studies found that, while most cancerous cells died quickly, Lacks’ continued to live and grow. Her cells became the first naturally
Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were stolen, leading to medical advances, finally gets measure of recognition
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Posted Dec 19, 2020
The Henrietta Lacks Act was a focus of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Baltimore Democrat who died in 2019. Cummings, who like Lacks was Black, was concerned about the lack of participation by people of color in clinical trials for cancer research. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP
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BALTIMORE A bill inspired by the late Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were used for medical research without her consent, is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk following a push by Maryland lawmakers.
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