Henrietta Lacks

write. This causes the tone that is produced to be influenced, for example on page 112, Skloot describes the treatment that the kids had to endure from the hands of Ethel- the stereotypical step-mother. Before reading this passage, you felt that Henrietta was indeed wronged but still felt that the author was trying to maintain an objective tone, but once reaching this part the tone noticeably changes and feelings of sadness, anger, and desperation come flooding in. A somber, melancholic tone…

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Random House, 2010. Deadly Deception. Directed by Denise DiAnni. Princeton, N.J: Films for the Humanities, 2011. Documentaryaddict.com, 23 April…

to think about cells and their origins. As Rebecca came into contact with the Lacks family, their actions and emotional stories influenced her thinking. The Lacks put other pressures on Rebecca as well, in the form of censorship. These pressures and influences, coupled with the normalcy and accepted practices of that time period, show that the book was sensationalized and weighted far too heavily in favor of the Lacks family. If your best friend…

no one had told Henrietta that TeLinde was collecting samples or asked if she wanted to be a doner- Wharton picked up a sharp knife and shaved two dime-sized pieces of tissue from Henrietta’s cervix: one from her tumor, and one from the healthy cervical tissue nearby (33). As a doctor he knew to ask for Henrietta’s permission. TeLinde misused his practice for the money of producing cells. Not once did Henrietta know what was going on but she continued to go to John Hopkins. Henrietta being the…

thoughts of gods or energy, but can this concept apply to humans as well? In 1986 Freddie Mercury’s song, “Who wants to live forever,” has an underlying theme of one living forever against their will. 35 years before this song, cells taken from Henrietta Lacks became immortal and left her family to face a similar unimaginable quandary. The ethical research issues that have derived from the procurement and cultivation of her cells, and her family’s current plight, are numerous and highly…

As Henrietta went for her check up at Johns Hopkins, Doctor, Howard Jones found a large lump and cut off the tumor. When the results came back, she found that there was a malignant epidermoid carcinoma of the cervix stage 1 (Ursano 101). This scientist was now found to be involved in the wonderful HeLa cell. Junas Salk developed the polio vaccine with the help of the HeLa cells. Polio was a disease that was spreading fast! So all of the best scientists were on top of the HeLa investigation.…

science. The scene described above was suffered by Douglas Mawson. This man and two other people made very substantial sacrifices; he risked his life to learn as much about Antarctica as he could and sacrificed the most out of all of these people. Henrietta Lacks died and her body’s cells were used to help create multiple medical advances without her family's permission. Phineas Gage had a 3 meter long iron bar blown through his head and was conscious the whole time. He had the same problem as…

The solider was told, by a higher authority figure, to walk into a gas chamber and was to remain there (Sanburn). Henrietta lacks was also one of the many people to be victimized because of these horrid events. Henrietta was a black women in a time of segregation and cruelness. She was diagnosed with cancer in her cervix, and as a result she was taken to the hospital and from there doctors put radium into her cervix…

Phil Robertson once said, "I think our problem is a spiritual one. Where there is no Jesus, evil always reigns." This is true about our world that is ruled with much hate and evil that it surrounds us. In this quote Robertson outlines how there is no good intentions in people anymore, because people always try to hurt one another in this world. This quote can be applied to many infamous tests that white doctors have done to black patients in the 1950 's. Many blacks during that time were used as…

One of the biggest issues that came from the Henrietta Lachs story and cells came with genetic testing. Why is this important? Utilizing information about an individual’s clinical, genetic, genomic, and environmental conditions, personalized medicine offers the possibility that internists will be able to predict which diseases are most likely to affect particular individuals, evaluate how those diseases will progress and determine the most appropriate treatment regimen. (Feldman, 2012) This…