25th Annual HeLa
Women's Health Symposium
Immunobiology in Women's Health
Friday, October 30, 2020
3 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
#HeLaAtMSM2020
This annual symposium honors Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman with cervical cancer, who in 1951 unknowingly donated her cancer cells when a young resident saved some cells before treatment. She died a few months later, but the first immortal human cell line was developed from her saved cells. Named HeLa, the line has been used extensively in cancer research studies and in the development of vaccines; the polio virus was grown in her cells soon after her death and eventually led to a cure. Use of HeLa has lead to important advances such as invitro fertilization, cloning, gene and stem cell research.
Accreditation
The Morehouse School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
The Morehouse School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of up to 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent to their participation in the activity.