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WHO Honors Henrietta Lacks as Family Pursues Justice

Oct. 14, 2021 — Henrietta Lacks, the Black girl whose cells had been infamously taken with out her data for scientific analysis, was honored this week by the World Heath Organization as her household continues the battle to guard her legacy. Lacks’s cells, generally referred to as “HeLa,” are the one recognized human cells that […]