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
Microbiologist who found the Hayflick Limit, which proves that normal cells die after they've doubled about fifty times.
Who is Leonard Hayflick?
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
Zakariyya Bari Abdul Rahman "Joe Lacks".
What is the name of Henrietta's last child?
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
Director of medicine at the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital (JCDH), he partnered with Southam in unethical experiments.
Who is Emanuel Mandel?
300
A geneticist that is known for dropping the "HeLa Bomb" when he told the world of science that HeLa cells could have contaminated the most commonly used cell cultures.
Who is Stanley Gartler?
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 1954 this cancer researcher begins injecting unsuspecting patients with HeLa cells, as an experiment, to see if they get cancer.
Who is Chester Southam?
400
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?
400
This man is a French surgeon and Nobel Prize recipient who claimed to have cultured an "immortal" chicken-heart cell.
Who is Alexis Carrel?
400
George Gey's assistant who was the first person to culture HeLa cells.
Who is Mary Kubicek?
400
Wife of Galen, cousin of Henrietta, she became an abusive "caretaker" of Henrietta's youngest, David Jr., Deborah, and Joe.
Who is Ethel?
400
In 1956 HeLa cells are fused with a mouse cells to create the first this.
What is the first animal-human hybrid cell?
500
Henrietta Lacks dies from this due to her cancer metastasizing throughout her body, blocking her urinal track.
What is uremic-poisoning?
500
Professor of gynecology he is one of the only African-American students of George Gey. He holds a yearly conference in honor of Henrietta.
Who is Roland Pattillo?
500
A geneticist who exposed scientists of being contaminated with HeLa cells without warning them first.
Who is Walter Nelson-Rees?
500
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?
500
In 2009 the youngest daughter of Henrietta Lacks passes away.