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Mashup Score: 0Henrietta Lacks Foundation™ - 1 year(s) ago
Established in 2010 by Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the Foundation is inspired by the life of Henrietta Lacks, whose cancer cells—code named HeLa—were taken without her knowledge in 1951. They became one of the most important tools in medicine—with damaging consequences for her family, many of whom often struggled to get access to the very health care advances…
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Mashup Score: 4Henrietta Lacks Foundation™ - 2 year(s) ago
Established in 2010 by Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the Foundation is inspired by the life of Henrietta Lacks, whose cancer cells—code named HeLa—were taken without her knowledge in 1951. They became one of the most important tools in medicine—with damaging consequences for her family, many of whom often struggled to get access to the very health…
Source: henriettalacksfoundation.orgCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
ASTCT honors Henrietta Lacks. Her cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. Learn more about her legacy: https://t.co/gGv6DKdLo2 #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/kPeJm8FrwC