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Henrietta Lacks had always wanted to donate her cells to scientific research.

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B) False.

Henrietta Lacks did not intend to donate her cells to scientific research. In 1951, cells were taken from a cervical cancer tumor that Henrietta Lacks had and were used for scientific research without her knowledge or consent. The cells, known as HeLa cells, have been used in many scientific discoveries and have been vital to the development of vaccines and treatments for diseases. Henrietta Lacks' family only learned of the use of her cells in 1973 and it was later that they found out that the cells had been taken without her consent.

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