"The Fame She So Richly Deserves".1970-1973 "The Most Critical Time on This Earth Is Now".1966-1973 Illegal, Immoral, and Deplorable.1954-1966 "Spending Eternity in the Same Place".1999 This part of the novel begin with the family discovering that their mothers cells were being used in laboratories everywhere in the world. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of-From publisher description.
Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping and have been bought and sold by the billions. However, their blossoming friendship is shaken when Rebecca reaches for Henrietta's medical records, which panics Deborah. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. Rebecca explains that the blood tests administered by McKusick's team were not cancer tests, which makes Deborah both relieved and frustrated. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells-taken without her knowledge-became one of the most important tools in medicine. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Includes bibliographical references and index. Human experimentation in medicine - United States - History. Cancer - Patients - Virginia - Biography. Saved in: Bibliographic Details Author / Creator:
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