https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1 Cancer and Henrietta Lacks en-us 2020-10-16 14:50:49 UTC 2023-02-18 12:38:58 UTC hello@padlet.com ayla_breeden https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835805505 Cancer starts when old cells do not die, and instead grow out of control. These cells may grow into a tumor.]]> 2020-10-16 14:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835805505 ayla_breeden https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835812303 She was a woman whose cervical cancer cells were the source of the HeLa cell line. Her cells were used for research which contributed to many important scientific advances.]]> 2020-10-16 14:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835812303 ayla_breeden https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835853665 2020-10-16 15:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835853665 ayla_breeden https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835859475 There are over 100 different types of cancer. Some of which include bladder cancer, breast cancer, kidney cancer, melanoma, testicular cancer, etc.]]> 2020-10-16 15:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835859475 ayla_breeden https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835891095 2020-10-16 15:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835891095 ayla_breeden https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835904349 The first cause of cancer was identified by British surgeon Percivall Pott, who discovered in 1775 that cancer of the scrotum was a common disease among chimney sweeps.]]> 2020-10-16 15:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835904349 ayla_breeden https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835912908 The world's oldest documented case of cancer hails from ancient Egypt in 1500 BC.  Eight cases of tumors occurring on the breast were documented]]> 2020-10-16 15:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835912908 ayla_breeden https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835927832 2020-10-16 15:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835927832 ayla_breeden https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835935155 2020-10-16 15:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835935155 ayla_breeden https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835939207 -There are more skin cancer cases due to indoor tanning than lung cancer cases due to smoking
-More than half of all cancers are preventable
-naked mole rats are immune to cancer
-breast cancer is more common in the left breast than the right]]> 2020-10-16 15:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835939207 ayla_breeden https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835974397 She was born in 1920 in Virginia, and died of cervical cancer in 1951. Cells taken from her body without her knowledge were used to form the HeLa cell line]]> 2020-10-16 15:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ayla_breeden/sqybblha1tp232l1/wish/835974397