43: Henreitta Lacks & HeLa Cells

People often complain about a lack of representation of women in STEM industries, but there is one woman that has made her mark on some of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the past 70 years. However this happened entirely unbeknownst to her. Henrietta Lacks was at the centre of one of the biggest controversies surrounding ethics in science You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our Patreon:http://patreon.com/SciGuys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References and Further Reading1. https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sigma/cb_93021013?lang=en&region=GB&gclid=CjwKCAiAjrXxBRAPEiwAiM3DQqQ_lkf6gTng7zMlzEJgEXzxLmGiFIHgfgl4XtP1JPkC-1C6q7AUZRoCnHoQAvD_BwE2. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jun/23/henrietta-lacks-cells-medical-advances3. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/henrietta-lacks-immortal-cells-6421299/4. https://www.biography.com/scientist/henrietta-lacks5. https://www.npr.org/2010/02/02/123232331/henrietta-lacks-a-donors-immortal-legacy?t=15800463474206. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Hela7. https://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/10.1043/1543-2165-133.9.1463?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed8. https://www.nature.com/news/deal-done-over-hela-cell-line-1.135119. https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/cellular-microscopic/hela-cell.htm10. https://www.immunology.org/hela-cells-1951Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforthsciguys.co.uk