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In the prologue to The immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot explores the topic of Henrietta Lacks and how she will change the future of medicine. She implies that the story isn't just about Henrietta Lacks, but her family's decisions and thoughts on the topic. Henrietta Lacks developed cancer and died in 1952 due to the cancer. Just before she had died, a surgeon took samples of the tumor and placed them in a petri dish. But unlike any other cells that have been through this process, Henrietta's cells had stayed alive and kept reproducing. They had become the first laboratory grown immortal human cells. Henrietta's husband was contacted after the tragic death, for permission to take some samples and run some

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