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9 Sep 2015 07:07

It's a story that touches on bioethics, racial inequality, and medical breakthroughs, but one Tennessee parent says The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is "pornographic" and should not be read by high school students. ICYMI Henrietta Lacks was the unwilling source of immortal cell lines now known as HeLa cells used today in research pic.twitter.com/5mo6ZEP5g7 -- VReeseMD (@HandWShow) August 29, 2015 Henrietta Lacks was a black woman who died of cervical cancer in 1951. When she was hospitalized...
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