The Story of Henrietta Lacks
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BY: Maeva Marshall
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- Henrietta got married on April 10, 1941, to David Lacks.
- Henrietta found out about her Cervical Cancer on January 29, 1951 when she took a blood test.
- The scientists finally told Henrietta family around 1970s and named the cell line HeLa.
- But what the doctors really didn't tell her was her cancer cells were invincible because they didn't die after they were out in the open space but they thrived.
- Over a period of time, Henrietta's cancer got worse and worse she died at age 31 in the Jhon Hopkins Hopsital
- Because of Henrietta's cells, many, many, many, many lives were saved.
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