Tragedy and triumph: SUNY commemorates life of Henrietta Lacks, whose cell line led to medical breakthroughs

If there was ever anyone who defied the notion that African-Americans were inherently inferior, it was Henrietta Lacks, whose story of triumph and tragedy is being shared Thursday at a Brooklyn forum.

Lacks, whose harvested cells led to a host of medical breakthroughs including a polio vaccine,...

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