Doctors took pieces of Henrietta Lacks’s body in 1951 and never asked her permission. She died eight months later. Her cells built the polio vaccine, AIDS research, and the COVID-19 vaccine. Her family didn’t see one dollar until 2023. Doctors took pieces of Henrietta Lacks’s body in 1951 and never asked her permission. She diedContinue reading “Doctors took pieces of Henrietta Lacks’s body in 1951 and never asked her permission. She died eight months later. Her cells built the polio vaccine, AIDS research, and the COVID-19 vaccine. Her family didn’t see one dollar until 2023.”
