Posts tagged Henrietta Lacks
Candida Abrahamson's Blog
A witty, well-crafted blog by a mediator, counselor and therapist
The Cell Donation Day That Will Live On In History: HeLa Wreaks Havoc
Cancer cells stolen from an unsuspecting Henrietta Lacks become the first human cells to grow in the lab—and, in fact, become immortal AND virulent, taking over lab after lab, and destroying one cancer research project after another. Seems that Ms. Lacks got some posthoumous satisfaction, after all.
A Cell Donation Day That Will Live in Infamy–Part I
How one poor, young, African-American woman who died of cervical cancer has, post-humously, through her cancerous cells, taken over and contaminated cancer lab after cancer lab, skewing results and wreaking havoc. Click to read the unusual story.
