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This presentation will cover who Henrietta Lacks was and how her cells were obtained and Hela by Johns Hopkins Hospital. Beyond that, I will explain what her cells became and how they influenced the medical community, how they changed the way that experiments in the scientific world are performed, and the results of such experiments, such as vaccines and certain medications. I will also touch on the controversy surrounding her story, her cells, and how her family has reacted and been treated through the process of discovering
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Legg, Michelle, "How Did Henrietta Lacks Change the Medical and Legal World?" (2021). Mississippi Undergraduate Honors Conference. 7.
https://athenacommons.muw.edu/muhc/2021/socialsciences/7
How Did Henrietta Lacks Change the Medical and Legal World?
This presentation will cover who Henrietta Lacks was and how her cells were obtained and Hela by Johns Hopkins Hospital. Beyond that, I will explain what her cells became and how they influenced the medical community, how they changed the way that experiments in the scientific world are performed, and the results of such experiments, such as vaccines and certain medications. I will also touch on the controversy surrounding her story, her cells, and how her family has reacted and been treated through the process of discovering