The cells of a young Black woman with cervical cancer, taken without permission by Johns Hopkins in 1951 generated much of modern #medicine, including the #polio vaccine. Her family was financially compensated in 2023, 72 years later. #HenriettaLacks https://apnews.com/article/henrietta-lacks-hela-cells-thermo-fisher-scientific-bfba4a6c10396efa34c9b79a544f0729?taid=64c9139ae5eb400001ebd71b

Henrietta Lacks’ immortal cervical cancer cells have lead to major insights and breakthroughs in #science, including the development of #polio and #COVID #vaccines. Those cells were taken without her knowledge or permission.

Today would have been Henrietta’s 103rd birthday. Her descendants have finally reached a settlement with Thermo Fisher over the use of #HeLa cells in their products.

It’s about time.

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191283359/henrietta-lacks-descendants-settlement-stolen-cells

#HenriettaLacks
#Research
#Biology
#CancerResearch
#Genomics

Henrietta Lacks’ immortal cervical cancer cells have lead to major insights and breakthroughs in science, including the development of #polio and #COVID #vaccines. Those cells were taken without her knowledge or permission.

Today would have been Henrietta’s 103rd birthday. Her descendants have finally reached a settlement with Thermo Fisher over the use of #HeLa cells in their products.

It’s about time.

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191283359/henrietta-lacks-descendants-settlement-stolen-cells

#HenriettaLacks
#Research
#Biology
#CancerResearch
#Genomics

Justice for #HenriettaLacks at long last.
#Reparations #BlackMastodon

https://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-henrietta-lacks-lawsuit-settlement-20230801-dxzfb5brdzaiblq3tryvxt5npq-story.html

On this day in 1952: HeLa cell line created - 1st immortal human cell line #HenriettaLacks #ThisDayInBiotechnology

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"A life-size bronze statue of Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose cancer cells were taken without her consent and were used for research that ushered medical discoveries and treatments, will be erected in her hometown, Roanoke, Va., next year in a plaza previously named after the Confederate general Robert E. Lee."

#HenriettaLacks

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/us/henrietta-lacks-statue-roanoke-virginia.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=US%20News

https://abcnews.go.com/US/henrietta-lacks-hometown-build-statue-robert-lee-sculpture/story?id=95541987 #HenriettaLacks #GoodNews

https://abcnews.go.com/US/henrietta-lacks-hometown-build-statue-robert-lee-sculpture/story?id=95541987 #HenriettaLacks #GoodNews

https://abcnews.go.com/US/henrietta-lacks-hometown-build-statue-robert-lee-sculpture/story?id=95541987 #HenriettaLacks #GoodNews

After a still from The Immortal Lives of #HenriettaLacks, here is a link to the live first performance! https://youtu.be/RJufQH2ieGU

Let’s talk about #ResearchConsent: what it is, and why it matters! The case of #HenriettaLacks is a prime example of why research consent matters.