
20th Anniversary Collection: the story of the unwitting woman behind cell research and 'immortality'
From Conversations
Published 8/3/2025

From Conversations
Published 8/3/2025
Henrietta Lacks was the first human being that we know of to get close enough to 'immortality' to touch it. She died more than 50 years ago but her cells live on.'HeLa' cells were the first human cells to be grown for research, and have been vital in medical advances since the 1950s.But what…