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Open post Lawrence Lacks, the oldest son of the late Henrietta Lacks, and Ronnie Lacks, her grandson, visited Morgan State University.

HeLa cells give life to mankind, heartburn to Lacks family

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  By Asha Davis May, 2017 BALTIMORE – African -Americans have had a complicated relationship with the health care system for years, going back at least to the distrust and fear caused by dangerous “studies” performed on African-Americans without their permission. In the most infamous of such studies,  from 1932 to 1972, African-American men...

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