Tag: medical research

Henrietta Lacks’s Family Wants Compensation For Her Cells #BlackHistoryMonth

Click here to read at The Washington Post.

Henrietta Lacks circa 1945–1951

This 1940s photo made available by the family shows Henrietta Lacks. In 1951, a doctor in Baltimore removed cancerous cells from Lacks without her knowledge or consent. Source: Wikipedia

‘Moonlight’s’ Alex R. Hibbert Wants to be a Scientist and is Planning to Spend Acting Money on Cancer Research

Read about it at Indiewire.com.

Twelve-year-old Hibbert stars as the young Chiron in Moonlight (2016).

Twelve-year-old Hibbert stars as the young Chiron in Moonlight (2016).