Henrietta LacksHeLa Cells

Danielle Hickman

Henrietta Lacks

Born in Roanoke,Va August 1, 1920 Loretta Pleasant No one knows where Henrietta came from

How did Henrietta end up in Clover?

Henrietta’s mother died giving birth to her 10th child.

10 children divided up between relatives.

Clover, VA

1st Cousin

How did David Lacks end up with Henrietta’s grandfather?

Shared a room since they were 4

How old was she when she started bearing children?

14 1st Child (Lawrence) Lucile Elsie Pleasant (4 years later)

Marriage

Married April 10, 1941 Henrietta 20 David 25 Cheater?

Children

5 children Lawrence Lucile Elsie David Jr. Deborah Joseph

How did she discover the knot?

Hospital January 29, 1951 “I got a knot on my womb. The doctor

need to have a look.

Diagnosed

Cancer? Age 30

Doctor

George Gey

HeLa?

HEnrietta LAcks

Culture Medium

What is it? How did he make it?

Cells

Non cancerous cells Cancerous cells doubled

Treatment

Radium Radiation

More Children?

Treatment made unfertile Scared of hysterectomy

Mitosis

What is mitosis?

How did HeLa help?

Johnas Stalk

Before Death

Tumors everywhere Pain Level? Restraints

Death

October 4, 1951 12:15am

Burial

Major storm!