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New Scientist |Science |Jul 30, 2026

Henrietta Lacks's story of medical exploitation and enduring legacy is told in a landmark book

Henrietta Lacks's cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 and became the foundation of countless medical breakthroughs. The painful history of this exploitation and her family's struggle for recognition is explored in Rebecca Skloot's "The…