Henrietta Lacks was a young mother diagnosed with cervical cancer in the 1950s. Her cancerous cells, which came to be known as HeLa cells, were used to develop treatments for diseases such as leukemia and Parkinson disease. The fact that her cells were taken and used in medical research without her knowledge or consent highlighted the need for informed consent of patients.
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