Jackie Hernandez-Character Chart by Jackie

Chester Southam

Jackie23 — 2015-01-22 20:42:43 UTC

He is a virologist. He was well respected
cancer researcher and Chief of Virology at Sloan- Kettering Institute for Cancer Research. He was injecting patients with cancer cells without their consent. He said that he didnt want them to worry.

Quotes:

"he believed that cancer was caused either by a virus or an immune deficiency." P.128

" Southam thought that the timing the rejection rate, he might be able to find undiagnosed cases of cancer. P.130

Susan Hsu

Jackie23 — 2015-02-06 21:38:52 UTC

Hsu came from America to China, and English wasn't her first native language.

She is the person who drew blood from the Lacks to test them for several different gentic markers. The postdoctoral student in McKusick's lab who was assigned to make contact with the Lackses and request samples for them for genetic testing without informed consent.

2 Quotes:

"She could learn much more about from testing the family's blood today since DNA technology had advanced so much since the seventies." P.190
" I wouldnt mind to go back and get some more blood"

Victor McKusick

Jackie23 — 2015-02-06 21:39:57 UTC

Victor was one of the scientists who'd first published Henrietta's name.

He was a geneticist at John Hopkins who conducted research on samples taken from Henrietta's children without informed consent to learn more about HeLa cells.

2 Quotes:

" McKusick was reowned geneticist who'd founded the world's first human genetics department at John Hopkins" P.182
Mckusick were hoping to use somatic-cell hybridization to test the lacks family for serval genetic markers, including specfic proteins called HLA markers" P.182

Keenan Kester Cofield

Jackie23 — 2015-02-17 20:53:52 UTC

Cofield was the cousin of Deborah husband's former stepdaughter.
He attempted to sue John Hopkins and the Lacks family.
2 Quotes:

"Cofield then filed a lawsuit against Deborah, Lawrence,Courtney Speed, the Henrietta Lacks Health History Museum Foundation, and a long list of Hopkins officials."
'The most astonishing detail of Cofield's Suit was his claim that the Lacks family had no right to any information about Henrietta Lacks becuase she'd been born Loretta Pleasant.

Zakariyy Bari Abdul Rahman (born Joe Lacks)

Jackie23 — 2015-02-18 21:15:46 UTC

Henrietta and Day’s fifth child. Henrietta was diagnosed with cervical cancer shortly after his birth. He had went to prison for a possible 15 years out of 30 years for the murder of Ivy. Zakariyya had been in and out of trouble with assault and drinking and disorderly conduct.

2 Quotes “I think them cells is why I’m so mean”

“That evil women Ethel taught him hate”

Deborah " Dale"Lacks

Jackie23 — 2015-02-18 21:23:05 UTC

Henrietta and Day's fourth child. Deborah was sexually assaulted by a man named Galen. Married and have a child at a young age. Graduated child, Bobette Lacks help her raise her kids and help her get a job.
2 Quotes:
" I understand that the family feels very abused"
"And she worried again about whether she'd be safe on stage, or whether there'd be a sniper waiting for her".

Gary Lacks

Jackie23 — 2015-02-25 21:47:23 UTC

Glady's son and Deborah's cousin. A lay preacher, he performed a faith healing on Deborah

2 Quotes:

"Some things you got to release"

"The more you hold them in, the worse you get"

Rebecca Skloot

Jackie23 — 2015-02-25 21:58:54 UTC

The author of the book " The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks"Rebecca L. Skloot is a freelance science writer who specializes in science and medicine.

2 Quotes:

" For the first time since we met, i lost my patience with Deborah".

" I never seen you mad before. I was starting to wonder if you was even human cause you never cuss in front of me".