Henrietta Lacks

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Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks circa 1945–1951
Born	Loretta Pleasant August 1, 1920 Roanoke, Virginia
Died	October 4, 1951 (aged 31) Baltimore, Maryland
Occupation	Tobacco farmer
Spouse	David Lacks (1915–2002)
Children	Lawrence Lacks Elsie Lacks David "Sonny" Lacks, Jr. Deborah (Lacks) Pullum Zakariyya Bari Abdul Rahman (born Joseph Lacks)
Parents	Eliza (1886–1924) and John Randall Pleasant I (1881–1969)

Henrietta Lacks (August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951)^[1] (sometimes erroneously called Henrietta Lakes, Helen Lane or Helen Larson) was anAfrican-American woman who was the unwitting source of cells (from her cancerous tumor), which were cultured by George Otto Gey to create animmortal cell line for medical research. This is now known as the HeLa cell line.^[2]