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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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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.
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calks
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lacks in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lacks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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We're glad that women across the country are going to have an opportunity to join this case, we remain confident that this case lacks merit.
It's a hard thing to say, but I think Robert Mueller has an emptiness inside of Robert Mueller and a hunger for affirmation that I have never seen in an adult, i think that Robert Mueller lacks external reference points, instead of making hard decisions by calling upon a religious tradition or logic or tradition or history it is all what will fill this hole, what will get me the affirmation that I need ?
Unfortunately, we are in a country that lacks funds and people have to go out to work. It is reality.
Gillibrand simply lacks the star power or national prominence that would lead to extensive free media time.
When we think about using the test results to form policy measures, the current method needs to be maintained for the time being though concerns that it lacks flexibility for boosting the number of tests is understandable.
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