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Ep. 13 - The Woman Who Never Died, Henrietta Lacks Pt. 2
Just what are we made of? Inside our bodies are trillions of cells doubling and replicating. Henrietta Lacks had been just like you until scientists found her cells were unlike anything they had ever seen. Join us for part two as we take a breath of dead air with Henrietta Lacks.
Sources -
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
https://lacksfamily.com/
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2303077120
https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/cells_tissues_membranes/cells/structure.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9876/
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/what-is-cancer
https://youtu.be/ggIChkFTWE8?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/22lGbAVWhro?feature=shared
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/family-of-henrietta-lacks-whose-cells-were-taken-for-medical-advancement-settles-with-company-that-profited#:~:text=Though%20her%20relatives%20hadn't,making%20Lacks'%20genetic%20makeup%20public.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/08/04/henrietta-lacks-family-settles-lawsuit-biotech-company-used-her-cells-without-consent#:~:text=Despite%20that%20incalculable%20impact%2C%20the,their%20lawsuit%2C%20filed%20in%202021.
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191283359/henrietta-lacks-descendants-settlement-stolen-cells#:~:text=Lacks'%20descendants%20have%20argued%20that,same%20name%20starring%20Oprah%20Winfrey.
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Just what are we made of? Inside our bodies are trillions of cells doubling and replicating. Henrietta Lacks had been just like you until scientists found her cells were unlike anything they had ever seen. Join us for part two as we take a breath of dead air with Henrietta Lacks.
Sources -
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
https://lacksfamily.com/
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2303077120
https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/cells_tissues_membranes/cells/structure.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9876/
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/what-is-cancer
https://youtu.be/ggIChkFTWE8?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/22lGbAVWhro?feature=shared
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/family-of-henrietta-lacks-whose-cells-were-taken-for-medical-advancement-settles-with-company-that-profited#:~:text=Though%20her%20relatives%20hadn't,making%20Lacks'%20genetic%20makeup%20public.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/08/04/henrietta-lacks-family-settles-lawsuit-biotech-company-used-her-cells-without-consent#:~:text=Despite%20that%20incalculable%20impact%2C%20the,their%20lawsuit%2C%20filed%20in%202021.
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191283359/henrietta-lacks-descendants-settlement-stolen-cells#:~:text=Lacks'%20descendants%20have%20argued%20that,same%20name%20starring%20Oprah%20Winfrey.