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| (For @NightOwl's Lady of That Name game.) Henrietta Lacks (1920-1951) was a poor black woman from Virginia, and a mother of five. In 1951, she went to John Hopkin's Hospital, Baltimore, MD, and was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Unbeknownst to her, and without her consent, a sample of her cancerous cells was taken for laboratory study. Lacks died from her cancer on October 1st, 1951, survived by her husband Day Lacks and 5 children, and was buried in an unmarked grave in her family's cemetary. But her story doesn't end there. The cells from her tumor were still alive, continuing to divide under laboratory conditions. This was a huge breakthrough - before then, scientists had only ever managed to keep cells alive outside the human body for a few days. More time and effort was spent on keeping cells alive than doing actual research on them. The discovery of these "immortal" cells changed everything. (Continued) |
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