The IMMORTAL BLACK WOMEN who's CELLS changed the WORLD !!!True Story!!! (intro)

Henrietta Lacks (August 18 (?), 1920 October 4, 1951) was the involuntary donor of cells from her cancerous tumor, which were cultured by George Otto Gey to create an immortal cell line for medical research. This is now known as the HeLa cell line.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they'd weigh more than 50 million metric tons—as much as a hundred Empire State Buildings. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb's effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions.

Yet Henrietta Lacks remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave.

Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the "colored" ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells; from Henrietta's small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia—a land of wooden slave quarters, faith healings, and voodoo—to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells.

Henrietta's family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists investigating HeLa began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. And though the cells had launched a multimillion-dollar industry that sells human biological materials, her family never saw any of the profits. As Rebecca Skloot so brilliantly shows, the story of the Lacks family—past and present—is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of.

Over the decade it took to uncover this story, Rebecca became enmeshed in the lives of the Lacks family—especially Henrietta's daughter Deborah, who was devastated to learn about her mother's cells. She was consumed with questions: Had scientists cloned her mother? Did it hurt her when researchers infected her cells with viruses and shot them into space? What happened to her sister, Elsie, who died in a mental institution at the age of fifteen? And if her mother was so important to medicine, why couldn't her children afford health insurance?

Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.

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[XxlacksXx]

thanks for putting my great grandma on youtube.thank u so much :)

[RevolutionaryINK]

You are very very Welcome my Beautiful Young sister! And I'll say a personal thank you to you and your family in honor of Your Grandmother. We truly appreciate her contribution as she has helped the Entire world. Be proud Beloved!

Take care of your self young sister!

[pam000damonium]

I suppose by now that somebody has pointed out to you that the name of the book is "The Immortal LIFE of Henrietta Lacks", NOT the "Immortal CELLS of Henrietta Lacks".

[RevolutionaryINK]

typo: that should say nearly 60 etc

[pam000damonium]

Who's the narrator? Have him retape & use a script. The self-corrections & groping for words makes it seem like he's making it up as he goes along. If this is from an interview with one of the key figures, say so.

The music playing while the narrator is speaking isn't good, tho w/the poor quality of the narration, I can see why you'd want to cover it up.

This is too important a story to let these distractions stand. Take the time to clean up the video and resubmit it. You owe to Ms Lacks.

[RevolutionaryINK]

The Gentlemen was not Narrating. He was speaking on a radio show. Your tendency to nit pick at minor details eludes to the fact that you aren't truly trying to learn any TRUTH. You are simply looking for any reason to find fault with the TRUTH, as well as cast a negative light on this offering. If your only goal here is to pass judgment on other peoples videos and contribute NONCONSTRUCTIVE criticism maybe you need to look in the mirror and find out what is truly troubling you INTERNALLY.

[bsenghor1]

UNLIKE what I've known many years ago:The Black Women is GOD.

[scar13ify]

@bsenghor1 black women are not GOD you fucking moron

[eljahsiemallah]

interesting

[evianalmighty]

@dogramite What an ignorant worthless racist peace of shit you are. I hope you get sickle cell.

[BeautyHealthZoneBlog]

Thank God for melanin.

[TheLOVEGROWS]

There's our GOD!!!! & lets hope Henrietta gets the Recognition she so rightly deserves!!! Thank you!!! !! from( London )

[TreySk8ter1]

@XxlacksXx our qreatt qrandmother

[RevolutionaryINK]

@drewdavidsen

False. 

[carynis1hotassgirl]

yeah I faved this vid of yours a while back. Great post Fam :)

[harrybfine]

@dogramite deep

[aclspython]

@pam000damonium tHE NARRATOR IS NO ONE OTHER THAN BOBBY HEMMITT HIMSELF