1951年，一位名叫亨麗埃塔·拉克斯（Henrietta Lacks）的非裔美國婦女的子宮頸細胞在她不知情的情況下被採集，此後被無限複製。時至今日，拉克斯的家人與一家生物技術公司達成和解。

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Her family did not find out about the use of her cells until 1973, when scientists called them for blood samples so they could study their genes, according to “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” a best-selling book by Rebecca Skloot that was also turned into a movie with Oprah Winfrey.

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我好像還沒用過HeLa cells

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