Henrietta Lacks
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line (1920-1951)
United StatesLived 1920 to 1951 · aged 31Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman whose 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.
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Lacks Town Road in Clover, Virginia, near where Lacks grew up and is buried
Dividing HeLa cells in culture. The cells can be seen metaphase and telophase, different stages of cell division.
A historical marker memorializing Henrietta Lacks in Clover, Virginia
A park named in honor of Henrietta Lacks in Baltimore, Maryland
Henrietta Lacks statue, BristolAwards 1
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Barbara MikulskiAlso won Maryland Women's Hall of Fame
Nancy RomanAlso won Maryland Women's Hall of Fame
Helen MaroulisAlso won Maryland Women's Hall of Fame
Eunice Kennedy ShriverAlso won Maryland Women's Hall of Fame
Harriet TubmanAlso won Maryland Women's Hall of Fame
Carol GreiderAlso won Maryland Women's Hall of FameAbout this person
Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman whose 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. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely under specific conditions, and the HeLa cell line continues to be a source of invaluable medical data and research to the present day.
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