The story of Henrietta Lacks is introduced, a Black woman whose cancer cells were taken without her consent at Johns Hopkins in 1951. These "HeLa" cells became the first human cell line to thrive in a lab, doubling every 24 hours and contributing to breakthroughs in polio vaccines, IVF, and COVID-19 research. Despite her massive contribution to science, her family remained unaware of the cell line's existence for decades while the medical industry profited.