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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/segments/91716-henriettas-tumor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gF8bCE4wqA&feature=youtu.be

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Henrietta Lacks was born on August 1, 19200 in Roanoake Virgina. Her actual birth name was Loretta Pleasant. She was the 10th child of 11 children.

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Lacks continued her education until the 6th grade.
At the age of 20, she married David "Day" Lacks and they went onto have 5 children.
In 1941, the couple moved to Turner Station, MD to work for a steel company in order to escape their impoverished Virginia Town.

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Lacks' mother died when she was young. Thus, her father and her 11 siblings were then transported to Clover, Virginia to live with her grandfather.
Eventually, her father left and she was solely raised by her grandfather.
She eventually changed her name to "Henrietta."

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At the age of 31, Lacks began to feel a knot in her womb.
Eventually, she went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to discover what her medical issue was.

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To diagnose her medical issue, doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital had to remove a small piece of her tumor from her cervix.
The removal of the small piece of tumor was approved by Lacks to diagnose her medical issue. However...

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Success came that fateful day, Dr. Guy came across the cells of Ms. Henrietta Lacks.
Her cells were able to be grown and indefinitely multiply.
Her cells are still being used in biomedical research today.
Her cells are called Hela Cells (a portmanteau of Henrietta and Lacks).

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Her family did not learn about what happened to her cells until 1975 due to a researcher calling the family to ask if they could do research on them as well.
The family feels violated due to the enormous profits made from the biomedical industry and the lack of recognition of Henrietta Lacks and the family has received.
Johns Hopkins and the Lacks Family are currently working together to change this.
In the future, Henrietta Lacks, the woman who gave so much to modern medicine and our society, will hopefully be properly recognized for her contribution.

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HELA Cells Contribution to STEM Research

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HELA Cells Contribution to STEM Research

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Her cells have been used in monumental biomedical landmarks such as:
The development of the polio vaccine, used on the first space shuttle and used to develop basic drugs for cancer.

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The Death of Henrietta Lacks and Her Legacy

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The Death of Henrietta Lacks and Her Legacy

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Unfortunately, Henrietta Lacks succumbed to cervical cancer and died from uremia in 1951.
She was previously buried in an unmarked grave in her hometown of Clover, Virginia (through efforts of family, this is fortunately changed).
It is said that her cells could weigh 50 million metric tons due to how many times they have multiplied over the years.

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Doctors also gave part of that tiny piece of tumor to fellow Dr. George Guy.
George Guy was not a doctor assigned to discovering how to diagnose and treat Lacks. He was a doctor involved in biomedical research and on a mission to discover a way to grow human cells out of the body.
Delivering part of Lacks cells to Dr. Guy was not approved by Lacks. Furthermore, she never had any idea her cells were being used for biomedical research...

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Many doctors at Johns Hopkins did take cells from patients without their approval.
Doctors at the time were unsuccessful in cultivating viable human cells in a lab.