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Scientists conducted many experiments with HeLa cells, including sending them to space where they grew more powerful with each trip. A scientist tried using the cells to treat wounds but they became cancerous. In 1965, scientists fused HeLa cells with mouse and chicken cells, creating hybrids that could reproduce. This led to controversy over mixing human and animal cells. Henrietta Lacks' family was both positively and negatively impacted by the success of her cells, with one son converting to Islam in prison after fatally stabbing a neighborhood bully.

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THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS Chapters 18-19
CHAPTER 18 OBJECTIVE SUMMARY- STRANGEST HYBRID Scientist believe HeLa cells are very common, and they have done many experiments with the cells. Scientist have sent the cells to space, and they found two things: noncancerous cells grew normally and HeLa cells became more powerful, and they grew more in each trip to space. A scientist, George Hyatt, tried to use the cells as a cure to wounds, but it lead to the cells becoming cancerous on the skin of the wounded. Scientists continued to complete different studies to truly understand HeLa cells. According to one of the scientist, Robert Stevenson, the goal was to keep the field from degenerating into complete chaos. In 1960, French researchers discovered that the cells clumped and fused sometimes when exposed to certain viruses. Scientist later began using cells from themselves and people they knew to find new results, and they grew different things: prostate cancer, appendix, foreskin, and human cornea. In 1965, Henry Harris and John Watkins fused HeLa cells with mouse cells to create a HeLa-mouse hybrid. They later fused chicken cells that couldnt reproduce with HeLa cells, and they were able to reproduce again. After all of their success, Harris and Watkins got a lot of negative attention from immorally fusing animal cells with human cells. Although there was a lot of trouble, scientist made a lot of discoveries from HeLa cells.
CHAPTER 19- THE MOST CRITICAL TIME ON THIS EARTH IS NOW The family of Henrietta was positively and negatively impacted by the success of her cells. Her fourth daughter, Deborah, got pregnant with a baby, and she was sent to a school for young mothers. Lawrence went into the field of business, and Sonny joined the Air Force. Joe, the fifth, often got caught up in his irreverence to authority. While in the military, Joe often purposefully earned his way into the hole. He felt as if the hole was is getaway from his own issues. He felt like that because he was often left in the basement alone as a child. Joe was sent home, and he continued to get in trouble. The neighborhood bully, Ivy, tried to scare Joe. He ended up beating Joe up, but Joe avenged himself on September 15, 1970 by stabbing Ivy in the heart. The family tried to move Joe to a different city, so he could evade the police. Joe later used his own mind; he decided to turn himself in to the Baltimore Police Headquarters. He pleaded guilty, and received a 15 year sentence. Even in jail, Joe managed to live in the hole. While in jail, Joe converted to the faith of Islam, and he changed his name to Zakariyya Bari Abdul Rahman. Deborah later left her abusive husband, and Zakariyya came out of jail with sanity. Henriettas family reacted well and bad to the use of her cells, but things later fell into place.
ANSWER KEY 1. Noncancerous cells grew normally. 2. HeLa cells became more powerful. 3. George Hyatt 4. 1960 5. 1965 6. Henriettas 4th child 7. Zakariyya 8. He felt comfortable in the hole, and he liked isolation from when he was a child. 9. He stabbed Ivy in the heart. 10. Islam

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The immortal life of henrietta lacks

  • 1. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS Chapters 18-19
  • 2. CHAPTER 18 OBJECTIVE SUMMARY- STRANGEST HYBRID Scientist believe HeLa cells are very common, and they have done many experiments with the cells. Scientist have sent the cells to space, and they found two things: noncancerous cells grew normally and HeLa cells became more powerful, and they grew more in each trip to space. A scientist, George Hyatt, tried to use the cells as a cure to wounds, but it lead to the cells becoming cancerous on the skin of the wounded. Scientists continued to complete different studies to truly understand HeLa cells. According to one of the scientist, Robert Stevenson, the goal was to keep the field from degenerating into complete chaos. In 1960, French researchers discovered that the cells clumped and fused sometimes when exposed to certain viruses. Scientist later began using cells from themselves and people they knew to find new results, and they grew different things: prostate cancer, appendix, foreskin, and human cornea. In 1965, Henry Harris and John Watkins fused HeLa cells with mouse cells to create a HeLa-mouse hybrid. They later fused chicken cells that couldnt reproduce with HeLa cells, and they were able to reproduce again. After all of their success, Harris and Watkins got a lot of negative attention from immorally fusing animal cells with human cells. Although there was a lot of trouble, scientist made a lot of discoveries from HeLa cells.
  • 3. CHAPTER 19- THE MOST CRITICAL TIME ON THIS EARTH IS NOW The family of Henrietta was positively and negatively impacted by the success of her cells. Her fourth daughter, Deborah, got pregnant with a baby, and she was sent to a school for young mothers. Lawrence went into the field of business, and Sonny joined the Air Force. Joe, the fifth, often got caught up in his irreverence to authority. While in the military, Joe often purposefully earned his way into the hole. He felt as if the hole was is getaway from his own issues. He felt like that because he was often left in the basement alone as a child. Joe was sent home, and he continued to get in trouble. The neighborhood bully, Ivy, tried to scare Joe. He ended up beating Joe up, but Joe avenged himself on September 15, 1970 by stabbing Ivy in the heart. The family tried to move Joe to a different city, so he could evade the police. Joe later used his own mind; he decided to turn himself in to the Baltimore Police Headquarters. He pleaded guilty, and received a 15 year sentence. Even in jail, Joe managed to live in the hole. While in jail, Joe converted to the faith of Islam, and he changed his name to Zakariyya Bari Abdul Rahman. Deborah later left her abusive husband, and Zakariyya came out of jail with sanity. Henriettas family reacted well and bad to the use of her cells, but things later fell into place.
  • 4. ANSWER KEY 1. Noncancerous cells grew normally. 2. HeLa cells became more powerful. 3. George Hyatt 4. 1960 5. 1965 6. Henriettas 4th child 7. Zakariyya 8. He felt comfortable in the hole, and he liked isolation from when he was a child. 9. He stabbed Ivy in the heart. 10. Islam