February 22, 2013
Henrietta Lacks' cancerous cells were harvested without her knowledge and cultured for medical research to create an immortal cell line. Her story was told in the nonfiction book "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Portland author Rebecca Skloot. HeLa High is the first school building in the nation to be named for her.
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