A statue of the woman, whose cells were taken without her consent and became integral in several major medical breakthroughs, will be built in Roanoke, Va.
initiative raised $183,877, which will be used to cover the cost of the statue and a virtual reality documentary about the town's history.a press conference on MondayAfter Lacks died from cervical cancer at John Hopkins Hospital in 1951, a gynecologist named Dr. Howard Jones. Jones, who also collected cells from his other cancer patients, noticed a remarkable difference: While other cells would die, Lacks' continued to double every 20 to 24 hours.
Lacks' cells — often referred to as HeLa cells — continue to play an integral role in medical research — and in saving countless lives — from cancer to polio, and most recently in the development of COVID-19 vaccines. But Lacks' contribution had gone unrecognized for decades.
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