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

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