cancer
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Beauty Entrepreneur Chris-Tia Donaldson, Founder of Thank God It’s Natural, Has Died
The Detroit native battled breast cancer while building her multimillion-dollar haircare brand, which is now sold in over 10,000 stores nationwide.
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Henrietta Lacks, Whose Cells Were Taken and Used in Scientific Breakthroughs, Receives Posthumous Award
While Henrietta Lacks was being treated for cervical cancer, researchers took biopsies without her consent and created the first 'immortal' cell line.
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Henrietta Lacks’ Estate Sues Company It Says Profits From Her Cells
Lacks' family is suing Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. for profiting off her cells without her consent.
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Raising Awareness on a Virtual Runway, the 5th Annual Blue Jacket Fashion Show Takes a Stylish Stance Against Prostate Cancer
February is a month marked by candy hearts, former presidents and (most importantly) Black excellence, but it also hosts an opportunity to save lives, as World Cancer Day is Thursday, February 4. While this past (and present) year may be dominated by the health crisis known as COVID-19, as of May 2020 cancer remained the…
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Alex Trebek, Longtime Jeopardy! Host, Has Died at 80
It’s the end of an era. Alex Trebek, the silver haired, sharp-minded host of the classic game show Jeopardy! has died at the age of 80. The show confirmed the news of Trebek’s death on Sunday, sharing on Twitter that he passed peacefully early in the morning. Trebek had been battling stage four pancreatic cancer,…