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Thursday, March 01, 2018 / Published in News

Legislature Honors Legacy of Henrietta Lacks

A cancer science center honoring the memory of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman who lived in Clover before her cells were used to create the first immortal human cell line, is on the way to become a reality in Halifax County, and on Wednesday Lacks’ legacy was honored from the floors of the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate.

Read more at the Gazette-Virginian: http://www.yourgv.com/news/local_news/legislature-honors-legacy-of-henrietta-lacks/article_0eacd3aa-1d9c-11e8-9dd1-0b12ce11178b.html

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