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Write 3-4 sentences explaining why Rebecca Skloot wrote this book and your reaction to her reasons

I believe Rebecca Skloot wrote this book with pure intention trying to know more of this women she heard of and wanted to share her story. This book also does a good job showing malpractice and why there is lack in trust in the medical system with people of color.

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Write 3-4 sentences explaining what happened to Henrietta

Explain what patients Johns Hopkins served

she found a knot in her cervix when she saw a gynecologist at john hopkins hospital. this was after she gave brith to her 4th child

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List 5-6 important events from Henrietta’s life

Her mom

Grandfather

Day

Crazy Joe

Elsie

Tobacco farming

Henrietta was 14 when she gave birth to her first child. her husband was also her cousin and she only had a 6th grade education

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Explain Dr. Carell’s views and why his work made people mistrust HELA cells

because he wanted to create the perfect race and was a eugenics. and his studys and research turned out to be faked and no one wanted to fund cell culture

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dr gey performed cervical surgery on henrietta and without her consent removed some of her cells

te-linde was trying to prove that the cancer did infact spread throughout the body

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Mary was hired to be the hands for gey she was tasked with handling tissue samples including Henriettas and was supposed to keep them alive

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Henrietta was suffering in pain for her final days. the doctors would not belive her and refused to give her treatment when she would say some was wrong until they found out she was right about her tumor