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The Woman From Roanoke Whose Cells Are Helping Shape Medicine Again Doctors stole her cells without telling her. Decades later, those same cells are helping fuel a new race to save patients with rare and deadly diseases. As U.S. regulators move to speed up cutting-edge gene therapies, the story of a young woman from Roanoke — and the cells taken

Marker set to be dedicated at Lacks statue in South Boston

Marker set to be dedicated at Lacks statue in South Boston The Henrietta Lacks Hometown Initiative Committee will host a ribbon-cutting event at 9 a.m. Friday for a marker placed at the Henrietta Lacks statue located at Constitution Square in downtown