Henrietta Lacks Essay Examples
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Essay Examples
Overview
Henrietta Lacks: Social Determinants of Health
Pages 5 (1 016 words)
Categories
Health
Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks and Experiments without Consent
Pages 7 (1 623 words)
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Henrietta Lacks
Medicine
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot Book Review
Pages 5 (1 082 words)
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Book Review
Henrietta Lacks
Non Fiction
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” and HeLa Cells
Pages 4 (766 words)
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Book Review
Henrietta Lacks
Non Fiction
born
August 1, 1920, Roanoke, VA
died
October 4, 1951, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
description
Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research.
children
Deborah Lacks, Elsie Lacks, Zakariyya Bari Abdul Rahman, David Lacks, Jr., Lawrence Lacks
information
Spouse: David Lacks (m. 1941–1951)
Height: approx. 5 ft (150 cm)
Siblings: Lillian Pleasant, Gladys Pleasant Lacks, Lawrence Pleasant, John Randall II, Charles Pleasant, Henry Pleasant
Parents: Eliza Lacks Pleasant, John Randall Pleasant
