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New Johns Hopkins University Building Named after Henrietta Lacks

October 10, 2018

Johns Hopkins University (MD) will honor Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman who was the source of the HeLe cell line that has been critical to numerous advances in medicine, including the development of the polio vaccine, studies of leukemia and AIDS, and chemotherapy.  The university announced plans to name a new research building designed to “promote research ethics and community engagement.”

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