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Henrietta Lacks Centennial CELLebration: Honoring Her Life and Legacy

11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Zoom

Henrietta Lacks five changed the world with her immortal HeLa cells. Taken without her or her family’s knowledge or consent, Henrietta’s would become responsible for some of the greatest scientific advancements of the last century and continue to benefit all of humanity. We will will view part of the 1997 documentary film The Way of All Flesh, hear from a panel of WashU Med experts, and leave time for Q & A.

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