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Henrietta Lacks died of cancer in 1951, but her cells mysteriously kept on living. Since then her "immortal" cell line has been the cornerstone of medical breakthroughs that have saved millions.

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https://www.sciencealert.com/how-dead...

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriet...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachyt...

https://www.statnews.com/2017/04/14/h...

Crash Course:    • Henrietta Lacks, the Tuskegee Experim...  

Sci Show:    • Immortal Cells Turn 96  

https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158...

http://www.thenewsrecord.com/index.ph...

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henri...