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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro...
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HPL Black History Month Films 2025
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An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
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Oprah Winfrey stars in the true story of a woman's search for enlightenment about her mother whose "immortal" cells would save millions of lives. Henrietta Lacks was an African American woman whose cells were used to create the first immortal human cell line, known as HeLa. Told through the eyes of Lack's daughter Deborah and journalist Rebecca Skloot, the film chronicles Deborah's search to learn about the mother she never knew, and to understand...
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