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Vaccines andĭiseases such as herpes, leukemia, influenza, hemophilia, andĭisease were also developed through testing done on HeLa cells. Papillomavirus (HPV) and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Used HeLa cells to study molecular biology, virology, and genetics.Ĭells were also used for research on cancer, AIDS, and, more recently,
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Human cells would react in zero gravity, and were used to determine the HeLa cells even went to space when the United States World soon began obtaining these unique cells for research and Since Gey did not patent his HeLa cells, labs all over the Of lives were saved from this disease, thanks to the testing performed HeLa cells, and, in 1954, Salk released the vaccine that prevented A scientist named Jonas Salk proclaimed thatįound a cure to polio but needed to test the vaccine first. The medical breakthroughs from the usage of HeLa cellsīegan after Lacks’ death. The original owner of the immortal cell line, thus making Lacks’ name Neither Gey nor his assistant revealed the Gey started his own cell line, which he named HeLa in Petri dish, the cells would usually die within a few hours, but Gey Gey was constantly analyzing human cells in an effort to create theĬulture medium, or the liquid used for feeding cells. Of Lacks’s death, there were no state or federal laws regarding Or getting consent from her, and gave them to George Gey, a cancer During her cancer treatment at Johns Hopkins, her doctor tookĪnd cancerous samples from Lacks’ cervix without informing her of his Whatįamily did not know, however, was that she would live on foreverĬells. Wooden box in an unmarked grave in Clover, Virginia. She died a grim death on Octoat age 31Ĭancer that had metastasized throughout her entire body. In August 1951, Lacks returned to Hopkins, asking That “blackness,” her cancer, was actually spreading all Telling them that “Lord it just feels like that blackness be spreadin To her were horrified when Lacks confided in them the damage from her Skin, which is exactly what happened to Lacks during her treatment. The mass was diagnosed as cancerous, Lacks was instructed to return to Three months prior, she now returned to the hospital Incredibly interesting that even though she had no cervical abnormalities when she Lacks made an appointment at The Johns Hopkins HospitalĪnd her biopsy results determined that she had Stage I epidermoid
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That she had a knot in her womb or that she was bleeding even though itįeeling something strange on her cervix, Lacks knew it was imperative Henrietta Lacks held the ability to make the good come out of people, Make the good things come out of you.” 5 Although Her friends reflected that “Hennie made life come alive-bein with herīein with fun. Spaghetti with meatballs she kept going on the stove for whenever Her famous rice pudding and slow-cooked greens, chitlins, and the vats She “spent her timeĭay, the children, and whichever cousins happened to be at her house. Henrietta gave birth to three more children. To take advantage of the large amount of opportunity in the steelĭuring World War II, and Henrietta and the two children soon followed. Onġ941, Henrietta, age 20, married Day, age 25.
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Lacks gave birth to her second child and first daughter, Eliza. Henrietta and Day named their first son Lawrence and, four years Lacks gave birth to her first child soon after herįourteenth birthday, and the father of the child was her first cousin, David "Day" Lacks. She was old enough, Lacks began farming tobacco on the plantation like Thus starting Henrietta’s family line of black Lackses. Slavery was still legal, Lacks’ white great-grandfather took a slave She was then sent to live in Clover, Virginia with her grandfather in a logĬabin that was previously the slave quarters on her white great-grandfather’s plantation. Lacks’ mother died when she was only five, and No one is aware when she changed her name to Henrietta from Loretta. Henrietta Lacks was born as Loretta Pleasant in Roanoke, Virginia in August 1920 to Johnny and Eliza Pleasant, both African American. Legacy has been credited for saving the lives of millions. Her contribution to the medical field, but, in recent years, Henrietta For decades, Lacks and her family were not given any The HeLa cell line, are mysteriously immortal and have been used byĪnd researchers all over the world to study and develop cures for aĭiseases. The most important people in the history of medicine. Henrietta Lacks, MSA SC 3520-16887 Archives of Maryland
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