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Johns Hopkins Medicine said that her cells — dubbed “HeLa” cells in reference to Lacks’ first and last name — have been used for advancements in cancer treatments and gene mapping and played a major role in the development of the polio and COVID-19 vaccines.

The cell line named after Ms. Lacks, HeLa, has played a vital role in developing treatments for influenza, leukemia and Parkinson’s disease, as well as advancing chemotherapy, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization and more.

They have been used in research that led to the polio vaccine, gene mapping and IVF treatment.

The cells taken from the woman who died of cervical cancer, known has HeLa cells, have been reproduced infinitely ever since, used in countless scientific and medical innovations including the development of the polio vaccine and gene mapping.

But the Biden administration has not set a target for what level of virus gene mapping the country should be striving for.