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Born on 1st August 1920
• Died on 4th October 1951
• Born in Roanoke Virginia USA
• Died in Baltimore Maryland USA
• Died because of cervical cancer
• Cells taken from her body without her knowledge were used to form the HeLa cell line, which has been used extensively in medical research since that time
• Real name is Loretta Pleasant
• After the death of her mother in 1924, Henrietta was sent to live with her grandfather in a log cabin that had been the slave quarters of a white ancestor's plantation
• On January 29, 1951, Lacks went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to diagnose abnormal pain and bleeding in her abdomen. Physician Howard Jones quickly diagnosed her with cervical cancer.
• Doctors removed two cervical samples from Lacks without her knowledge
• She died at Johns Hopkins on October 4, 1951, at the age of 31.
• The cells from Lacks's tumor made their way to the laboratory of researcher Dr. George Otto Gey
• Gey noticed an unusual quality in the cells
• Unlike most cells, which survived only a few days, Lacks's cells were far more durable
• Gey isolated and multiplied a specific cell, creating a cell line
• HeLa, derived from the name Henrietta Lacks.
• Her cells have created a cell line
• Her cells are really special
• Till this day her cells are still active and scientist are experimenting with it and trying to learn more about it.
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