Henrietta Lacks in a 1940's photo. PHOTO/The Henrietta Lacks Foundation
Henrietta Lacks gains recognition, however, no financial compensation is paid to her descendants despite her HeLa cells enabling many multinationals make billions of dollars
Sixty-two years ago, scientists harvested cancer cells from an African American tobacco farmer which were used for some of the biggest breakthroughs in medical science - all without her knowledge or consent.
The abnormally resilient cells
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