TeelaResistsDec 20, 2022

A statue honoring Henrietta Lacks whose whose cells resulted in countless medical breakthroughs will be built in her birthplace Roanoke #Virginia

The statue replaces Gen Robert E Lee

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/henrietta-lacks-hometown-build-statue-robert-lee-sculpture/story?id=95541987&fbclid=IwAR1gu8U2lBELLPxSTng6D_V0jTUkGNDh00K7OOR9Is-WwaRQCzePVqt8WMc

Henrietta Lacks' hometown will build statue of her where Robert E. Lee sculpture once stood

Lacks' "HeLa" cells have led to numerous medical breakthroughs.

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@Teela

Nice gesture.
But still doesn’t compensate her heirs for medical discoveries based on her cells.

Dec 21, 2022 at 1:32amWeb