Henrietta Lacks: References & Edit History

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Invalidated site: The Guardian - Henrietta Lacks: the mother of modern medicine. Nov 07, 2026
Anniversary information added. Sep 30, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 28, 2026
Media revised. Jul 21, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - ABC Radio National|No One Saw It Coming - The Untold History of Henrietta Lacks and Her Miracle Cells. Jan 09, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - Witness History - The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks. Sep 06, 2025
Added cross-reference, Top Questions. Jul 11, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - 'Henrietta Lacks': A Donor's Immortal Legacy. Jul 11, 2025
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Henrietta Lacks (Aug 1, 1920 ? Oct 4, 1951): The Woman and her Immortal Cells (PDF). Mar 26, 2025
Add new Web site: CNN - Henrietta Lacks: Her cells, her legacy. Jan 17, 2025
Add new Web site: Official Site of Henrietta Lacks Foundation. Sep 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Henrietta Lacks and HeLa Cells: Impact on biological research and informed consent. Jul 15, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Henrietta Lacks: the mother of modern medicine. Jun 26, 2024
First paragraph modernization. May 03, 2024
Add new Web site: Blood Cancer UK - The stolen legacy of Henrietta Lacks. Mar 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Johns Hopkins Medicine - The Legacy of Henrietta Lacks. Jan 26, 2024
Add new Web site: My Hero - Biography of Henrietta Lacks. Jul 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Nature - Henrietta Lacks: science must right a historical wrong. May 09, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Henrietta Lacks and America’s dark history of research involving African Americans. Mar 31, 2023
Add new Web site: The Embryo Project Encyclopedia - Henrietta Lacks. Dec 09, 2022
Corrected display issue. Aug 22, 2019
Add new Web site: Black Past - Henrietta Lacks. Oct 29, 2014
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Henrietta Lacks. Oct 29, 2014
Added information on the involvement of the Lacks family in controlling access to HeLa cell genome data. Aug 07, 2013
Photograph of Henrietta Lacks added. May 20, 2010
New article added. Apr 22, 2010
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