Museum Speaker Series: History of Turner Station and Henrietta Lacks

Name: Museum Speaker Series: History of Turner Station and Henrietta Lacks
Start: 2025-02-22T13:00:00-05:00
Location: 516 Eastern Blvd, Essex, MD

Sat, 22 Feb, 2025 at 01:00 pm UTC-05:00

516 Eastern Blvd, Essex, MD | Essex

Publisher/HostHeritage Society of Essex and Middle River, Inc.

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Museum Speaker Series: History of Turner Station and Henrietta Lacks

Servant Courtney Speed, founder of the Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group, and community leader Sister Muriel Gray, will discuss the history of Turner Station and the impact of the life of Turner Station resident Henrietta Lacks, who died of cervical cancer in 1951. Cells taken from her body without her knowledge were used to form the HeLa cell line, which has been used extensively in medical research and has played a role in the development of the polio vaccine, in vitro fertilization, cancer treatments and more. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Visitors may tour the Museum after the talk. Free and open to the public.