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Think of the person behind the cells: the motivations of biomedical research
12:00 EDT 23 Oct 2017 | KevinMD
Born in 1920, Henrietta Lacks lived in Virginia and Maryland, worked as a tobacco farmer, and mothered five children. At age 31, her life was unfortunately cut short by cervical cancer. Since her death, she has helped catalyze numerous biomedical discoveries. Upon treatment at Johns Hopkins, Henrietta’s physician obtained a tumor sample. To his amazement, […]
Original Article: Think of the person behind the cells: the motivations of biomedical research
