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Sunday, February 7, 2016
Henrietta Lacks: The Most Influential Person in Medicine
Thanks to social media, Black History Month has become more engaging and has uncovered stories that you probably never learned in grade school. Just last week one of my connections shared the following story about Henrietta Lacks on their timeline.
*The following appeared on Facebook and edited for clarity
Lacks was a Black tobacco farmer from southern Virginia who was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She died in 1951 at the age of 31.
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