Its about time that this movie was done. There are others out there that
have benefited from poor souls like Henrietta Lacks.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am going to a reading by Rebecca Skloot tonight. Skloot is the author of
> "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks."
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> "The Immortal Life" is the fascinating tale of Henrietta Lacks, a black
> woman who died impoverished and in horrific pain from her cervical cancer
> (and the treatment she received in the segregated ward at John Hopkins
> University), her life, her death but especially her remarkable "HeLa" cells
> that have become the go-to line for scientific research: HeLa cells have
> been used to help develop polio vaccine, cancer medication, cloning and
> genetic hybrids.
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> Before the HeLa cells came along, scientists could not keep a continuous
> cell line alive in the lab. The HeLa cells not only survive - they strive.
> These cells are so aggressive they hitch rides on dust in the air.
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> One strand of Skloot's book is about her efforts to locate Lacks'
> relatives. Lack's daughter, Deborah, could not comprehend the notion that
> her dead mother's cells had been cloned and was troubled by notions of
> thousands of replicants of her mother alive and about in the world.
>
> Millions have been made from the HeLa cells but, alas, none by the Lack
> Family.
>
> A movie by the "dream team" of Oprah Winfrey and Alan Ball ("True Blood")
> is in the works.
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