Vocabulary
He pointed out a few years earlier when scientists started taking protective measures against cross-species "___________" - such as working under sterile hoods.
What is contamination?
"Suddenly, Sonny was standing beside me with a sweet and bashful gap-toothed grin that made him look like a fifty-year-old teenager", uses this literary device.
What is a Simile? (Bonus points if you can provide another example from the book.)
This disease the doctors assumed that Henrietta had was "______________".
What is Syphilis?
This English man from Maryland made his fortune through railroad investments, eventually making enough money to establish a hospital and university.
Who is Johns Hopkins?
This man, in September 1966, annouced that he'd found a "technical problem" in their field.
Who is Stanley Gartler?
After the conference where Gartler dropped what became known as "_________________", most researchers kept right on working with the cells he'd said were contaminated.
What is the HeLa bomb?
Garter was also suggesting that "_____________" transformation, one of the most celebrated prospects for finding a cure for cancer, might not exist.