HeLa: the historical injustice that shaped modern medicine

23 January 2023

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By Beth Roberts

The immortal ‘HeLa’ cells have been used in over 70,000 biomedical studies and generated countless breakthroughs. But the tragic story of the woman from whom the cells were taken casts a shadow over seven decades of research.







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