Michael Wilbanks 04-19-2014 Gaines SOAPStone APLang11 Assignment I concentrated heavily on the 2nd chapter in the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks due to how it introduced the background of this woman we know so little about. In this whole chapter‚ you get a detailed background of how she met her husband‚ Day‚ as well as her official birth name and how she became accustomed to tobacco farming. I found this chapter to also be the easiest of all thirty to complete SOAPStone on
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Alyson Smith 2nd Semester AP English Henrietta Lacks SOAPSTone Speaker: Rebecca Skloot is the speaker. She is a woman who has a picture of Henrietta Lacks hanging on her wall. As she was in her community college biology class her professor mentioned Henrietta sparking her knowledge. After hearing about Henrietta‚ Rebecca was intrigued to find out more about the cells and Henrietta’s life. Occasion: Rebecca starts talking in present time as she is looking at the picture on her wall. An example
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HeLa Cells are Important to Science Henrietta Lacks‚ a poor black woman in the 1950’s‚ unknowingly had samples taken from her cervical cancer specimen and changed science from that point on. Due to the continuous self-reproduction of the cells‚ HeLa cells are the most important cell line ever discovered by scientists to date! Popsci.com gave five reasons of why HeLa cells are so important to society. Popsci.com explained‚ “1. Before HeLa cells‚ scientists spent more time trying to keep cells alive
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as they are their bodies. A consent form will also ensure that people are informed of the risks because I do not think Henrietta was informed or did not fully understand. Doctors could lie and say that they told patients about the risks of becoming sterile‚ even if they did not. 2. An example of a medical treatment that might one day be considered
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Summary ILofHL Pg. 89-117 In the book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by author Rebecca Skloot tells the story of Henrietta which had cervical cancer and died. Her cells where mass produced and harvested all over the world without the families knowledge. Continuing with chapter twelve after Henrietta dies of terminal uremia doctor Gregory Gey wanted to do an autopsy on Henrietta to harvest more cells. Day Lacks Henrietta’s husband first said no to the autopsy but after much convincing
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many multi-billion dollar companies that specialize in selling her cells in vast quantities. Yet the Lacks families have received little recognition and compensation from the cells. Many people have argued that no one should be able to profit off their own cells or other body parts‚ because of the many legal‚ research‚ and ethical problems. While others argue that since the cells belonged to Henrietta‚ she should be able to compensate from them. While many experts have agreed that Henrietta’s
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George Gey is introduced into The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks as the head of tissue-culture research at John Hopkins hospital. He was about 52 years old when he discovered the immortality of Henrietta’s cells‚ and this was most likely the peak of his life‚ thanks to this brilliant discovery. However‚ he came from an interesting background. Gey was born in 1889 and grew up with his parents in Pittsburgh. He was always adventurous and liked to make do with what he had. He was always looking
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She is part of the reason why science has made it to where it has. She is the reason doctors can make cures for diseases. She is the contributing factor to most of the discoveries made‚ In regards to health and research. She is Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta unfortunately had cervical cancer and upon going to the doctors in the 1950’s‚ cells from her tumor were sent for research without her consent; and unfortunately the credit/rights that her and her family deserves have been thrown in the air. Medical
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot Study Guide In 1951 a poor young black woman‚ Henrietta Lacks‚ was diagnosed with cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Cells taken from her during that exam were used – without her knowledge – to develop the first immortal cell line. The cells‚ called HeLa‚ became one of the most important tools in medical research‚ vital for developing the polio vaccine‚ cloning‚ gene mapping‚ and more‚ but Henrietta Lacks‚ the person who was the
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In the nonfiction book‚ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks‚ Rebecca Skloot argues that the Lacks family should be compensated for the exploited use of Henrietta’s Cells. It is unfortunate that the Lacks family did not know that research was being done on Henrietta’s cells‚ which made the family feel like they were betrayed by doctors at the Johns Hopkins Hospital‚ but it was a common practice of doctors in the 1950s and consent was not required for research as it is today. Also‚ it is unfair that
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