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Carleton biology lab renamed Lacks Lab after Henrietta Lacks

July 5, 2021

CBC Radio Segment – Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan

Nadeea Rahim and Oreoluwa Idowu are Carleton fourth-year students who petitioned the school to rename its biology lab after a Black woman named Henrietta Lacks — whose cells were kept without her knowledge, and used in numerous important experiments for decades.

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