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Doctors, scientist and the media treated the Lacks family poorly. Although the HeLa cells would create the path to some of the greatest advances

Name:_______________________ Date/Period:__________________ Part 1 Henrietta Lacks Multiple Choice Questions Directions: Circle the best answer for each question.Each question has only one right answer. Use your knowledge of the book to help you answer each question. What genre is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks? Biography Non-fiction Historical Fiction Creative Non-fiction Why did David Lacks take Henrietta to the public ward at John Hopkins instead of a closer hospital? He

appeared to be “Immortal”. Because her cells were cancerous and grew like a wildfire spreads it was not known that these cells, named “HeLa”, also contained a virus which spread through any means it could: by direct contact, through liquids, and after a few mutations, through air. The cell’s virus was soon discovered by foreign scientists during an epidemic called the “HeLa Bomb” by the author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot.With such an epidemic at hand, it launched a greater need

The scientific development of the HeLa cells has made a huge impact in the medical field. HeLa cells are a cell line created from the doctors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. These cells are from a woman named Henrietta Lacks and are considered to be “immortal”. They are considered to be unique because they are not like any other normal human cell. This cell line is considered to be a triumph to many scientists and researchers, but it also had some negative impacts. Many controversies arose from the development

Before the HeLa cell line, scientists struggled to keep human cells alive for more than a couple days, which was necessary for their research of how human cells function, disease develop, and testing vaccines and treatments. In 1951, the HeLa cell was discovered by Dr. George Gey, a scientist at John Hopkins University, which proved to be an immortal cell line that has the ability to regenerate and create endless copies of the original cells. Unlike other cells that tend to die after about 50 divisions

HeLa cells is a cell type in immortal cell line that is the most widely used cell in human cell research. It is the cell that was obtained from a cervical cancer cells of Henrietta Lacks. Her cells were considered “immortal”, because of the extreme survivability and the ability to replicate itself. Her cells have profoundly impacted science and the lives of millions of people. The use of her cell has led to the creation of the cervical cancer vaccination, helped to create the polio vaccine, and was

The HeLa cell lines emerged, on February 1, 1951, after a woman by the name of Henrietta Lacks visited her physician after noticing blood spots in her underwear. The physician examined Henriette and discovered a tumor in her cervix. The physician retrieved a segment of the tumor and sent it to a lab for further diagnosis. Later on, it was announced that the tumor was infectious. Days later Henrietta returned to her physician and another sample was taken and sent to the head of tissue culture research

Vishalkumar Patel 010-388-130 The Immortality of HeLa Cells God created everything good and men’s efforts towards creativity by using technology makes it better. Tissue culture is the technique that involves removal of cells, tissues or organs from the animal or plant and their subsequent placement in to an artificial environment suitable for their growth, which mimic the in-vivo environment from which it derived. In culture, cancer cells can grow indefinitely, if they have continuous supply of

It is safe to say that without the discovery of HeLa cells in 1951, today's world would be vastly different. HeLa cells have left a greater mark on the world than ever dreamed possible. These "immortal" cells were vital to the development of the polio vaccine, cloning, uncovering microscopic secrets of viruses and cancer, in vitro fertilization and gene mapping. They have been everywhere: labs, animals, people, even the moon. They assisted with the development of the atom bomb and were sent into

Rebecca Skloot a freelance, award winning science writers of the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, explores the women behind the famous HeLa cells, and argues that tissue research has lead to a controversial debate over if after the tissue has been removed from a patient who has the legal rights over the tissue. Skloot does this with the use of repetition, polysyndeton and appeals to the audience’s emotion. Skloot argues that ever since the advancement of tissue research there is a gray area of