Walter Ray Watson

Nov 13, 2023 | wlrn.org | Walter Ray Watson

For decades, Dr. Roland Pattillo pushed to get Henrietta Lacks' name in the public eye. Lacks was a Black cancer patient whose cells were harvested and used for medical research without her consent. Copyright 2023 NPR

Nov 13, 2023 | ctpublic.org | Walter Ray Watson

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Nov 13, 2023 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Walter Ray Watson

For decades, Dr. Roland Pattillo pushed to get Henrietta Lacks' name in the public eye. Lacks was a Black cancer patient whose cells were harvested and used for medical research without her consent. Copyright 2023 NPR

Nov 13, 2023 | kasu.org | Walter Ray Watson

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Nov 13, 2023 | kvcrnews.org | Walter Ray Watson

AILSA CHANG, HOST:For more than a quarter century, the Morehouse School of Medicine has held a conference named for Henrietta Lacks. She was a young Black mother who died in 1951 and whose cells were harvested without permission. Her story was told in the book "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks." But a lesser-known figure in that history is a Black oncologist who was pivotal in bringing Lacks' contribution to light. NPR's Walter Ray Watson has this remembrance.