The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Define Mitosis.What happens when there is a mistake during the process of mitosis?What was the symptom that caused Henrietta to go to the doctor?When the doctors examined Henrietta, what did they find?What disease did Henrietta have?What does the term “malignant” mean?What did the doctors use as an attempt to cure Henrietta’s disease?
What were Margaret and George Gey looking for, and what did they do with them?What was remarkable about HeLa cells?What were at least 3 uses that researchers had for the HeLa cells?How did the Lacks family find out about the HeLa cells, 24 years later?What had happened with the HeLa cells that made the Johns Hopkins researchers
