,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #aa  ,,in ,,the       
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,march #bb1 #bjag,mr4 ,van ,hollen 7for 
himself and ,mr4 ,cardin7 submitted the 
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary  ,,concurrent ,,resolution   
,recognizing the life and legacy of     
,henrietta ,lacks during ,women's       
,history ,month4  ,whereas ,henrietta   
,lacks1 an ,african-,american woman born
 on ,august #a1 #aibj1 in ,roanoke1     
,virginia1 was raised by her grandfather
 on a tobacco farm in ,clover1          
,virginia2 ,whereas ,henrietta ,lacks   
married ,david ,day ,lacks in #aida in  
,halifax ,county1 ,virginia1 and they   
later moved to the ,baltimore ,county1  
,maryland1 community of ,turner         
,station1 to build a life for themselves
 and their #e children1 ,lawrence1      
,elsie1 ,david1 ,deborah1 and ,joseph   
7,zakariyya72 ,whereas1 in #aiea1       
,henrietta ,lacks1 at the age of #ca1   

was diagnosed with cervical cancer1 and 
despite receiving painful radium        
treatments1 ,henrietta ,lacks passed    
away on ,october #d1 #aiea2 ,whereas    
medical researchers took samples of     
,henrietta ,lacks' tumor during her     
treatment and the ,he,la cell line from 
her tumor proved remarkably resilient2  
,whereas ,henrietta ,lacks died #h      
months after her cancer diagnosis1      
leaving behind her children1 husband1   
and immortal cells that would change the
 world2 ,whereas ,he,la cells were the  
first immortal line of human cells1     
doubling every #bd hours1 dividing and  
replenishing indefinitely in a          
laboratory1 and successfully growing    
outside of the human body for longer    
than #cf hours2 ,whereas ,henrietta     
,lacks' cells are unique1 grow by the   
millions1 and are commercialized and    
distributed worldwide to researchers1   
resulting in advances in medicine2      
,whereas the advances made possible by  
,henrietta ,lacks' cells and the        

revenues the advances generated were not
 known to her family for more than #bj  
years2 ,whereas an estimated #ej1jjj1jjj
 metric tons of ,he,la cells have been  
distributed around the world to become  
the subject of more than #gd1jjj        
studies2 ,whereas ,henrietta ,lacks'    
prolific cells continue to grow and     
contribute to remarkable advances in    
medicine1 including the development of  
the polio vaccine1 and drugs for        
treating the effects of cancer1         
,,hiv_/,,aids1 hemophilia1 leukemia1 and
 ,parkinson's disease2 ,whereas         
,henrietta ,lacks' cells have been used 
in research that has contributed to the 
understanding of the effects of         
radiation and zero gravity on human     
cells2 ,whereas ,henrietta ,lacks'      
immortal cells have informed research on
 chromosomal conditions1 cancer1 gene   
mapping1 and precision medicine2        
,whereas ,henrietta ,lacks' legacy has  
been recognized around the world through
 memorials1 conferences1 museum         

exhibitions1 libraries1 and print and   
visual media2 ,whereas ,henrietta ,lacks
 and her family's experience is         
fundamental to modern bioethics policies
 and informed consent laws that benefit 
patients nationwide by building patient 
trust and protecting research           
participants2 ,whereas the family of    
,henrietta ,lacks entered the           
groundbreaking ,he,la ,genome ,data ,use
 ,agreement in #bjac with the medical1  
scientific1 and bioethics communities1  
giving the family a role in regulating  
,he,la genome sequences and discoveries2
 ,whereas ,women's ,history ,month is   
celebrated in ,march to pay tribute to  
the many contributions women have made  
to the ,united ,states2 and ,whereas    
,henrietta ,lacks and her immortal cells
 have made a significant contribution to
 global health1 scientific research1    
quality of life1 and patient rights3    
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that ,congress1
 during ,women's ,history month-- 7#a7  
celebrates the life of ,henrietta       

,lacks1 an ,african-,american woman who 
unknowingly changed the face of medical 
science1 contributing to lasting1       
worldwide improvements in health2  7#b7 
honors ,henrietta ,lacks as a hero of   
modern medicine for her contributions to
 the medical discoveries resulting from 
her ,he,la cells1 which helped make     
possible some of the most important     
medical advances of the last century2   
and  7#c7 recognizes the legacy of      
,henrietta ,lacks1 which has contributed
 to developments in bioethics and       
patient rights that benefit all of the  
people of the ,united ,states4