EPISODE · Feb 4, 2025 · 53 MIN
Ep. 13 - The Woman Who Never Died, Henrietta Lacks Pt. 2
from Dead Air Time · host Dead Air Time Podcast
Just what are we made of? Inside our bodies are trillions of cells doubling and replicating. Henrietta Lacks had been just like you until scientists found her cells were unlike anything they had ever seen. Join us for part two as we take a breath of dead air with Henrietta Lacks. Sources - "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot https://lacksfamily.com/ https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2303077120 https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/cells_tissues_membranes/cells/structure.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9876/ https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/what-is-cancer https://youtu.be/ggIChkFTWE8?feature=shared https://youtu.be/22lGbAVWhro?feature=shared https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/family-of-henrietta-lacks-whose-cells-were-taken-for-medical-advancement-settles-with-company-that-profited#:~:text=Though%20her%20relatives%20hadn't,making%20Lacks'%20genetic%20makeup%20public. https://news.wttw.com/2023/08/04/henrietta-lacks-family-settles-lawsuit-biotech-company-used-her-cells-without-consent#:~:text=Despite%20that%20incalculable%20impact%2C%20the,their%20lawsuit%2C%20filed%20in%202021. https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191283359/henrietta-lacks-descendants-settlement-stolen-cells#:~:text=Lacks'%20descendants%20have%20argued%20that,same%20name%20starring%20Oprah%20Winfrey.
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Just what are we made of? Inside our bodies are trillions of cells doubling and replicating. Henrietta Lacks had been just like you until scientists found her cells were unlike anything they had ever seen. Join us for part two as we take a breath of dead air with Henrietta Lacks. Sources - "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot https://lacksfamily.com/ https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2303077120 https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/cells_tissues_membranes/cells/structure.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9876/ https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/what-is-cancer https://youtu.be/ggIChkFTWE8?feature=shared https://youtu.be/22lGbAVWhro?feature=shared https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/family-of-henrietta-lacks-whose-cells-were-taken-for-medical-advancement-settles-with-company-that-profited#:~:text=Though%20her%20relatives%20hadn't,making%20Lacks'%20genetic%20makeup%20public. https://news.wttw.com/2023/08/04/henrietta-lacks-family-settles-lawsuit-biotech-company-used-her-cells-without-consent#:~:text=Despite%20that%20incalculable%20impact%2C%20the,their%20lawsuit%2C%20filed%20in%202021. https://www.npr.org/2023/08/01/1191283359/henrietta-lacks-descendants-settlement-stolen-cells#:~:text=Lacks'%20descendants%20have%20argued%20that,same%20name%20starring%20Oprah%20Winfrey.
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