Henrietta Lax Part 1

This bingo card has a free space and 24 words: -Deborah agrees to work with Rebecca to better understand what happened to her mother., Henrietta Lacks is introduced as a hardworking Black woman living in Maryland in the 1950s., She starts having strong stomach pain and heavy bleeding., Henrietta goes to Johns Hopkins Hospital because other hospitals would not treat Black patients., Doctors tell her she has cervical cancer., While treating her, doctors take samples of her tumor without asking her permission., Scientists notice that Henrietta’s cells are different from normal cells., Her cells keep growing and do not die like other human cells., Henrietta receives painful radium treatments, which were common at the time., The treatments do not work, and Henrietta’s health gets worse., Henrietta dies in 1951, leaving behind her husband and five children., Doctors name her cells HeLa, using the first letters of her name., HeLa cells are grown in labs and sent to scientists all over the world., Scientists use HeLa cells to help with major medical research., The Lacks family does not know that Henrietta’s cells are still alive., Years later, a writer named Rebecca Skloot becomes interested in the story of HeLa cells., Rebecca learns that HeLa cells came from a real woman, not just a lab sample., She tries to talk to Henrietta’s family, but they do not trust her at first., Rebecca meets Deborah Lacks, Henrietta’s daughter., Deborah is confused and scared about what happened to her mother’s cells., Deborah explains that her family has struggled with poverty and mistrust of doctors., The family remembers doctors taking blood samples without clear explanations., Deborah worries that her mother’s cells were abused or hurt. and Rebecca carefully explains how cells and cancer work..

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