The legacy of Henrietta Lacks

Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman whose cancer cells （癌細胞） were taken without her knowledge or consent （同意） in 1951. Her cells, known as HeLa cells, were the first human cells to be consistently （一直） grown in a laboratory setting.  Who was Henrietta Lacks? Henrietta Lacks was born in 1920 in Virginia, USA. When she was 31 years old, she was diagnosed （診斷） with having cancer. The researchers studied ...Read More