I am the author of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
Who is Rebecca Skloot?
100
The word meaning living forever; never dying or decaying.
What is immortal?
100
The scientist name for Henrietta Lacks cells.
What is HeLa cells?
100
Why did Sadie think Henrietta waited so long to go see the doctor? (Chap. 1)
She thinks that the doctors would take out her womb and keep her from ever having children again.
100
This is how Skloot first learned of Henrietta Lacks.
What is in a college class?
200
This person was known for developing the world’s first polio vaccine.
Who was Jonas Salk?
200
The term used to describe women’s health.
What is gynecology?
200
The purpose of THIS was to “help those who otherwise couldn’t get medical care”
What was the Hopkins Hospital?
200
The year did Henrietta Lacks first go to Johns Hopkins to have the knot in her womb examined
When was 1951?
200
Using simile, this is what Skloot compares the human cell to.
What is an egg?
300
The pseudonym for Henrietta Lacks to throw journalists off Henrietta's real identity.
Who is Helen Lane?
300
I am a person who conducts research on viruses that infect humans, animals, bacterial cells, and plants.
What is a virologist?
300
These were an ‘optimal tool for synthesizing and studying any number of things in culture “
What were HeLa cells?
300
I hereby give consent to the staff of the John Hopkins Hospital to perform any operative procedures...that may deem necessary in the proper surgical care and treatment of: ___________
What was an operation permit?
300
Skloot describes this group as a “vulnerable population”
Who were the prisoners of the Ohio State Penitentiary?
400
This doctor tested the effects of cancerous HeLa cells on his uninformed patients and test subjects by injecting them with her cells.
Who is Dr. Chester Southam?
400
Defined as the permission a patient gives a doctor to perform a test or procedure after the doctor has fully explained the purpose.
What is informed consent?
400
Name one medical advancement that HeLa cells assisted in.
What is
The polio vaccine
Gene mapping
Chemotherapy
Cloning
In vitro fertilization
400
This is what Henrietta Lacks died from?
What is cervical cancer?
400
Skloot’s purpose for writing The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks was this.
What is She was intrigued by the subject.
500
The name of the scientist who first grew "immortal" cells.
Who was George Gey?
500
This infamous clinical study focused on the natural progression of untreated syphilis in rural African-American men in Alabama.
What was the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment?
500
This set of research ethics principles begins by stating that the voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential.
What is the Nuremberg Code?
500
The first time anyone had heard the the truth of Henrietta Lacks and her family was from.
Who is Mike Rogers?
Rolling Stones
500
Skloot describes the cause of THIS as a mistake in cellular processes.