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August 1 declared "Henrietta Lacks Day"

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Governor Larry Hogan declares August 1 "Henrietta Lacks Day." 

Tuesday, part of Broening Highway in Dundalk will be dedicated "Henrietta Lacks Way". 

In 1951, doctors at Johns Hopkins took Lacks' cells without her consent during a diagnostic procedure. The cells were crucial for major developments in vaccines, viruses and cancer treatments.