HeLa Cells
What is immortal?
Critical issue in medical research involving a person's knowledge.
What is informed consent?
The author of the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
Who is Rebecca Skloot?
Henrietta's husband's name.
What is cervical cancer?
The field of science involved in studying genes.
What is genetics?
What Henrietta thought she was getting when they took her cells at John Hopkins.
What is cancer test.
Henrietta Lacks' daughter who worked to uncover the truth of Henrietta's cells.
Who is Deborah Lacks?
Son of Henrietta who fought for her justice.
Who is Zakariyya Lacks?
The hospital that took Henrietta Lacks' cells without her consent.
What is John Hopkins Hospital?
HeLa cells made this common laboratory technique used to study genes more efficient.
What is cell culture?
What is exploitation?
Doctor who worked on Henrietta before she passed.
Who is George Gey?
Cousin of Henrietta who died of Polio.
Who is Cootie?
The state Henrietta Lacks grew up in.
What is Virginia?
The type of disease HeLa cells contributed to researching.
What is HIV/AIDS?
The development of what test from HeLa research used to detect cancer and other conditions.
What is a Pap Smear?
Who is Alfred Lacks Jr.?
Henrietta Lacks' oldest child.
Not being compensated for the research of HeLa cells.
What is ethical compensation?
Cells taken from Henrietta Lacks were crucial of this vaccine.
What is Polio vaccine?
HeLa's critical role in the development of this class of drugs, used to treat various cancers.
What is chemotherapy?
The doctor that connected Rebecca Skloot and Deborah Lacks.
Who is Dr. Ronald Pattillo?
Henrietta Lacks' forgotten daughter who was sent to an institution.
Who is Elsie Lacks?
What is Baltimore?