Senator Chris Van Hollen
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The Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act
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January 14, 2021
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Jan 14, 20210:45Now PlayingIn 1951, Marylander Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer at the age of 31. During her treatment, doctors took samples of her tumor and created the HeLa cell line to use for medical research without her or her family’s consent. Her cells led to some of medicine’s most important breakthroughs of our time and are still used today.
For too long, the story excluded Henrietta’s vital contributions, but the Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act was just signed into law to change that. Our legislation, introduced with the late Congressman Elijah Cummings, will work to ensure that cancer clinical trials include people from historically underrepresented communities and lead to better treatments for all. While our nation will forever be indebted to Henrietta, I hope her family finds some comfort in this well-deserved recognition of Henrietta’s lasting legacy.
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