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_______________________________________________________________________________________________Cell Biology – Module 1
Resource B - Worksheet
Use the following to create a timeline of events during and after Henrietta’s life.
2017 – TV Movie screened on HBO
1920 – Born Loretta Pleasant in Virginia, USA
1942 – Married David ‘Day’ Lacks
Jan 1951 – Biopsy taken and cells sent to George Gey
Feb 1951 – HeLa cell line created
Oct 1951 – Henrietta died of cervical cancer, John Hopkins University Hospital
2010 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot released
1953 – HeLa cells cloned successfully
1986 – HeLa cells used to study HIV
1971 – Henrietta publicly identified as the source of HeLa cells
1952 – HeLa cells used to make polio vaccine
1952 – Tuskegee Institute opens 1st HeLa cell factory
1993 – HeLa cells used to study tuberculosis
1984 -HeLa cells used to prove HPV causes cancer.
1973 – HeLa cells used to study salmonella
2013 – Lacks family give approval to genomic data
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