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Henrietta Lacks' Medical Legacy

Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman who died of cancer in 1951, and whose cells, taken without consent, launched a medical research revolution, improving countless lives, and making profits for the biomedical industry. With author and journalist Rebecca Skloot.