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!