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Henrietta Lacks
Science
HeLa
Lacks' Family
Dates
100
This is the cancer that Henrietta Lacks had.
What is Cervical Cancer?
100
The gynecologist at John Hopkins that took care of Henrietta.
Who is Howard Jones?
100
This is the name of the first immortal human cell that came from a woman named Henrietta Lacks.
What is HeLa?
100
This man was Henrietta's childhood and cousin before marrying her.
Who is David "Day" Lacks?
100
In 1920 the woman who will change science is born in Roanoke, Virginia.
Who is Loretta Pleasant "Henrietta Lacks"?
200
Henrietta Lacks' birth name.
Who is Loretta Pleasant?
200

This man is a French surgeon and Nobel Prize recipient who claimed to have cultured an "immortal" chicken-heart cell.

Who is Alexis Carrel?

200
Head of the tissue-culture research at John Hopkins, he created the techniques used to grow HeLa cells from Henrietta's cancer in a lab.
Who is Dr. George Gey?
200

What is the name of Henrietta's last child?

Zakariyya Bari Abdul Rahman "Joe Lacks".

200
In 1954 this name first appears as the origin of HeLa.
Who is Helen Lane?
300
At the age of 14 Henrietta gave birth to her first child.
Who is Lawrence?
300

Substance used to treat Henrietta's tumour.

What is Radium?

300
George Gey's assistant who was the first person to culture HeLa cells.
Who is Mary Kubicek?
300
Deborah's first husband, she had two kids with him before divorcing due to him being abusive.
Who is Alfred "Cheetah" Carter?
300
In 2009 the youngest daughter of Henrietta Lacks passes away.
Who is Deborah "Dale" Lacks?
400
Henrietta Lacks dies from this due to her cancer metastasizing throughout her body, blocking her urinal track.
What is uremic-poisoning?
400

At first, doctors said her abdominal pain was due to this.

What is Syphillis?

400

HeLa cells were used in the creation of *this* vaccine.

What is Polio?
400
She is the second child and oldest daughter of Henrietta Lacks, she was sent to an institute for her epilepsy where she died at the age of fifteen.
Who is Lucile Elsie Pleasant?
400

Year that Henrietta first went to John Hopkins after experiencing abdominal pain. 

What is 1951?

500
This is where Henrietta Lacks was buried after her untimely passing on October 04, she is believed to be near her mothers grave, but unmarked.
What is Lackstown cemetery?
500

What happened to her body after being treated with a dangerous substance?

What is her skin on the abdomen turned black?

500

The most recent major scientific use of the HeLa cells was in this. 

What is the COVID-19 vaccine?

500
Wife of Galen, cousin of Henrietta, she became an abusive "caretaker" of Henrietta's youngest, David Jr., Deborah, and Joe.
Who is Ethel?
500

This is the year that the Rolling Stones article was published, the first accurate account of Henrietta Lacks and her cells. 

What is 1976?