= Henrietta Lacks
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The woman from whose cervical tumor the <HeLa> <cell line> was established in 1951. The <cells>’ sustained growth made them widely useful for biological research; their collection without her <informed consent> also made her history central to questions about research participation and <tissue> use.https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henrietta-lacks[History of the HeLa cell line and consent context]{ref}
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