Struggle & Resistance Achievement & Excellence

February 1951

Doctors take Henrietta Lacks's cells without consent; the immortal "HeLa" line transforms medicine while her family is left unrecognized and uncompensated for decades.

Events

February 1951
Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa cells
Doctors take Henrietta Lacks's cells without consent; the immortal "HeLa" line transforms medicine while her family is left unrecognized and uncompensated for decades.

Resources from this period

Books·1

Book

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

The definitive book on Lacks, her family, and the HeLa cell line.

Websites·2

Website

HeLa Cells: A Lasting Contribution to Biomedical Research

National Institutes of Health

NIH resource on the HeLa cell line and the legacy of Henrietta Lacks.

Website· Primary

The Legacy of Henrietta Lacks

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins''s official account of the 1951 HeLa cells taken without consent.