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1. lacks

   Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely under specific conditions, and the HeLa cell line continues to be a source of invaluable medical data to the present day.Lacks was the unwitting source of these cells from a tumor biopsied during treatment for cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., in 1951. These cells were then cultured by George Otto Gey, who created the cell line known as HeLa, which is still used for medical research. As was then the practice, no consent was required to culture the cells obtained from Lacks's treatment. Neither she nor her family were compensated for their extraction or use. Even though some information about the origins of HeLa's immortalized cell lines was known to researchers after 1970, the Lacks family was not made aware of the line's existence until 1975. With knowledge of the cell line's genetic provenance becoming public, its use for medical research and for commercial purposes continues to raise concerns about privacy and patients' rights.

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1. LACKS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lacks is ranked #23485 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lacks surname appeared 1,082 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lacks.
   
   72% or 780 total occurrences were White.
   24.3% or 263 total occurrences were Black.
   2.5% or 28 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Anagrams for Lacks »

1. slack

2. calks

How to pronounce Lacks?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lacks in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lacks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Lacks in a Sentence

1. Zhang Gang:

   The stock market lacks supports from economic fundamentals and fund supplies to rebound sharply for the rest of the year.

2. Bryant McGill:

   No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.

3. Arias Canete:

   If it is just an agreement which finishes in 2030, (and) lacks ambition, it does not solve the problem of the actual gap that we have already seen when we have analyzed the INDCs of 150 countries.

4. Erin Marino:

   Poinsettias prefer medium to bright indirect light. Keep them on a windowsill to give them the most amount of daylight possible, especially during the winter when the sun sets earlier, if your home lacks natural light, you can try placing your plant directly under a fluorescent lamp or plant grow light during the day.

5. Ben Cavender:

   There is too much domestic competition and Amazon lacks the kind of brand awareness that Tmall or JD.com have, that leaves Amazon in a position where it has to spend a lot of money to acquire customers while also competing aggressively with multiple strong players on price.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacks
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html