Tuesday, October 19, 2021

HeLa Cells: Cells of a Black woman who died of Cancer 70 years ago, still saves millions of lives!

Body cells of an African American woman Henrieta Lacks, who died of cervical cancer in October 1951 have been responsible for multiple life saving medical breakthroughs like polio vaccine, HPV vaccine and even COVID-19 vaccine.

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