# The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/733636>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 5, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/733636 "2015-10-05T19:58:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/733636/21 "2023-08-02T12:50:50Z")

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Yeah, I think trying to twist it into a race thing is complete and utter horseshit from a money-grubbing family. The sample was from a routine tissue biopsy that would be taken from patients of any race in the process of trying to diagnose their cancer. That it happened to be such a rare . maintainable line and she happened to be black were coincidences. The family should have been told to pound sand.

([Another thread on the topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-i-didnt-like-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/588338).)

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/733636/22 "2023-08-02T12:55:42Z")

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Also, by odd coincidence, the OP’s last post was 3 years ago today.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/733636/23 "2023-08-02T17:07:47Z")

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And of course, they did a _Law & Order_ episode based on this.

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