In 1951, 31-year-old Henrietta Lacks went to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore…
In 1951, 31-year-old Henrietta Lacks went to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treatment of cervical cancer. During her care, doctors took samples of her tumor cells without her consent—a common practice at the time but one that later raised serious ethical concerns. Unlike normal human cells, which die after dividing a limited number of […]








