43: Henreitta Lacks & HeLa Cells

People often complain about a lack of representation of women in STEM industries, but there is one woman that has made her mark on some of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the past 70 years. However this happened entirely unbeknownst to her. Henrietta Lacks was at the centre of one of the biggest controversies surrounding ethics in science 

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References and Further Reading

1. https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sigma/cb_93021013?lang=en&region=GB&gclid=CjwKCAiAjrXxBRAPEiwAiM3DQqQ_lkf6gTng7zMlzEJgEXzxLmGiFIHgfgl4XtP1JPkC-1C6q7AUZRoCnHoQAvD_BwE

2. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jun/23/henrietta-lacks-cells-medical-advances

3. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/henrietta-lacks-immortal-cells-6421299/

4. https://www.biography.com/scientist/henrietta-lacks

5. https://www.npr.org/2010/02/02/123232331/henrietta-lacks-a-donors-immortal-legacy?t=1580046347420

6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Hela

7. https://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/10.1043/1543-2165-133.9.1463?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed

8. https://www.nature.com/news/deal-done-over-hela-cell-line-1.13511

9. https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/cellular-microscopic/hela-cell.htm

10. https://www.immunology.org/hela-cells-1951

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