51: She’s in OUR DNA?! Who is Henrietta Lacks?
Dark History
Henrietta's Cells Saved the Day
Henrietta's cells have changed the world. If you took every cell ever grown and laid them end to end, it would wrap around the earth three times. On top of that, Henrietta is the reason scientists found the link between HPV and cervical cancer which has led to saving millions of women from the same cancer she had died from. We should be forever grateful to Henrietta.
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