Women’s Cells Stolen For Research

Henrietta Lacks, a black women from Baltimore, was diagnosed with cervical cancer. A doctor, without her knowledge stole her cells for research. These cells continued to multiply, and became immortal. Immortal cells continue to multiply and never die. These immortal cells changed the world and have had such a huge impact on medical science. Henrietta’s family filed a federal lawsuit, and have unfortunate not received any monetary compensation.