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  1. Clinical Research and Lasting Legacies

    The other day an interview with Rebecca Skloot on National Public Radio (NPR) caught my attention. Ms. Skloot recently published a book about an African-American woman who made an unknown contribution that changed medical research forever.

    In 1951, Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cervical cancer. While undergoing treatment, cells from her cervix were removed without her knowledge. The unique thing about her cells is that they could be kept alive and grown indefinitely ...