The Lacksfamily does notknow thatHenrietta’s cellsare still alive. While treatingher, doctorstake samples ofher tumorwithout askingher permission. Rebecca meetsDeborah Lacks,Henrietta’sdaughter. Henriettareceives painfulradiumtreatments, whichwere common atthe time. Years later, awriter namedRebecca Sklootbecomesinterested in thestory of HeLacells. Rebeccacarefullyexplains howcells andcancer work. Scientists useHeLa cells tohelp withmajor medicalresearch. Deborahworries thather mother’scells wereabused or hurt. Henrietta goes toJohns HopkinsHospital becauseother hospitalswould not treatBlack patients. Doctors tellher she hascervicalcancer. Scientistsnotice thatHenrietta’s cellsare differentfrom normalcells. Rebecca learnsthat HeLa cellscame from areal woman,not just a labsample. Deborah isconfused andscared aboutwhat happenedto her mother’scells. Henrietta Lacksis introduced as ahardworkingBlack womanliving in Marylandin the 1950s. -Deborah agreesto work withRebecca to betterunderstand whathappened to hermother.Her cellskeep growingand do notdie like otherhuman cells. HeLa cells aregrown in labsand sent toscientists allover the world. She tries to talkto Henrietta’sfamily, but theydo not trust herat first. The familyremembersdoctors takingblood sampleswithout clearexplanations. She startshaving strongstomach painand heavybleeding. Deborah explainsthat her familyhas struggledwith poverty andmistrust ofdoctors. The treatmentsdo not work,and Henrietta’shealth getsworse. Henrietta diesin 1951, leavingbehind herhusband andfive children. Doctors nameher cellsHeLa, usingthe first lettersof her name. The Lacksfamily does notknow thatHenrietta’s cellsare still alive. While treatingher, doctorstake samples ofher tumorwithout askingher permission. Rebecca meetsDeborah Lacks,Henrietta’sdaughter. Henriettareceives painfulradiumtreatments, whichwere common atthe time. Years later, awriter namedRebecca Sklootbecomesinterested in thestory of HeLacells. Rebeccacarefullyexplains howcells andcancer work. Scientists useHeLa cells tohelp withmajor medicalresearch. Deborahworries thather mother’scells wereabused or hurt. Henrietta goes toJohns HopkinsHospital becauseother hospitalswould not treatBlack patients. Doctors tellher she hascervicalcancer. Scientistsnotice thatHenrietta’s cellsare differentfrom normalcells. Rebecca learnsthat HeLa cellscame from areal woman,not just a labsample. Deborah isconfused andscared aboutwhat happenedto her mother’scells. Henrietta Lacksis introduced as ahardworkingBlack womanliving in Marylandin the 1950s. -Deborah agreesto work withRebecca to betterunderstand whathappened to hermother.Her cellskeep growingand do notdie like otherhuman cells. HeLa cells aregrown in labsand sent toscientists allover the world. She tries to talkto Henrietta’sfamily, but theydo not trust herat first. The familyremembersdoctors takingblood sampleswithout clearexplanations. She startshaving strongstomach painand heavybleeding. Deborah explainsthat her familyhas struggledwith poverty andmistrust ofdoctors. The treatmentsdo not work,and Henrietta’shealth getsworse. Henrietta diesin 1951, leavingbehind herhusband andfive children. Doctors nameher cellsHeLa, usingthe first lettersof her name. 

Henrietta Lax Part 1 - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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