https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw An informative one-pager that includes information about cancer and how one woman's cells changed the world. en-us 2021-02-15 23:55:43 UTC 2021-02-16 01:19:59 UTC hello@padlet.com jasielbaker https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205141571 Cancer is when cells divide too frequently and without limit. Some may be incapable of communicating with other healthy cells, carrying out their normal cell functions, securely anchoring themselves, etc.]]> 2021-02-16 00:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205141571 jasielbaker https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205165905 Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman who was diagnosed with cervical cancer and whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line. She passed away on October 4, 1951 and was buried at John Hopkins Hospital.]]> 2021-02-16 00:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205165905 jasielbaker https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205168864 HeLa cells are the very first immortal human cells. They were taken from a woman named Henrietta Lacks before she died and without her knowledge or consent.]]> 2021-02-16 00:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205168864 jasielbaker https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205175644 HeLa cells have been used to study measles, mumps, HIV, and Ebola.]]> 2021-02-16 00:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205175644 jasielbaker https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205191134 A John Hopkins scientist named George Gey received a sample of a strange looking tumor (dark purple, shiny, and jelly-like) which belonged to a patient named Henrietta Lacks. This tumor was HeLa.]]> 2021-02-16 01:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205191134 jasielbaker https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205197623 Cancer can be caused by genetic links, exposure to toxins, exposure to radiation, and excessive exposure to UV lights.]]> 2021-02-16 01:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205197623 jasielbaker https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205202664 2021-02-16 01:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205202664 jasielbaker https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205208448 2021-02-16 01:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205208448 jasielbaker https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205214467 2021-02-16 01:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205214467 jasielbaker https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205215362 2021-02-16 01:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jasielbaker/v4f6kiy4yq6h49aw/wish/1205215362