A new interdisciplinary building to be constructed in 2020 on the campus of Johns Hopkins Universityโs East Baltimore campus will be named in honor of Henrietta Lacks, a poor Black tobacco farmer whose cells were taken without her knowledge.

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A new interdisciplinary building to be constructed in 2020 on the campus of Johns Hopkins Universityโs East Baltimore campus will be named in honor of Henrietta Lacks, a poor Black tobacco farmer whose cells were taken without her knowledge.
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