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Episode: Genetic Justice for Henrietta Lacks - Interview with Ben Crump
Description: Click Here to listen to Genetic Justice for Henrietta Lacks - Interview with Ben Crump along with notes, transcript, pictures and videos. Living Legend Ben Crump takes a break from the Southern University Law Center Inaugural Henrietta Lacks Symposium to discuss the civil case on behalf of the Lacks family to rectify the inhumane immoral criminal act committed in 1951. In 1951, Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cervical cancer and received treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital. During her "inhumane" treatment, her cells were taken without her knowledge or consent for medical research purposes. These cells, known as the HeLa c...