Schon einmal etwas von HeLa-Zellen gehört? Die sind sehr wichtig in der Forschung. Warum heißen die "HeLa"? Weil sie nach Henrietta Lacks benannt sind.
Hier sind eine Web-Site und ein Buch und viel mehr über das Leben von Henrietta Lacks:
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About The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, and more. Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can’t afford health insurance.
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