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Johns Hopkins Hospital Founded
Johns Hopkins was a very rich man and towards the end of his life, he left millions of dollars to help create Johns Hopkins Univeristy and Johns Hopkins Hospital. He wanted to help the segregation between the colored people because some of them weren't allowed to receive medical help.
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Henrietta Lacks is born
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Doctor takes biopsy of Henrietta's tumor
Dr. Lawrence Wharton Jr. takes samples of Henrietta's cervical tissue and tumor. He proceeds to give the biopsy he took to Dr. George Gey and they put her cells in a culture. -
Immortal Cells Founded
Henrietta Lacks cells were taken from a physician from Johns Hopkins Hospital and was taken to George Gey's Lab. After a
few days of testing, the scientists had founded the first immortal human cells.
http://directorsblog.nih.gov/2013/08/07/hela-cells-a-new-chapter-in-an-enduring-story/ -
Henrietta dies
Henrietta dies at 12:15 a.m. in the hospital. -
Polio Vaccine Created
The vaccination was developed by Jonas Salk through the use of HeLa cells in 1952 at the University of Pittsburg.
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Elsie dies at age 15 in 1955
Elsie was born with a disease, later on she was diagnosed with epilepsy. She was admitted to the Crownsville State hospital sometime before, the hospital was previously known as the Hospital for the Negro Insane. Although when she was admitted she was diagnosed with 'Idiocy' at first. Exact date of death is unknown. (Chapter 33, Chapter 5) http://www.capitalgazette.com/cg-tragic-chapter-of-crownsville-state-hospitals-legacy-20140730,0,2239704.story -
Discovery of humans having 46 chromosomes
It was first thought that humans had 48 chromosomes, it ws later discovered in Decmember of 1955 in Sweden by Tijo and Levan that the humans have 46 chromosomes not 48.
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Moore v. Regents of the University of California desicion made
John Moore's doctor, David Golde, has been harvesting John's cells to make the Mo cell line, without John aware that this was happening. The cells were approximately worth $3 billion. Moore sued Golde and UCLA in 1984. Nearly 7 years after the Supreme Court of California ruled against him and his cells were not deemed his, but now Golde's. (Chapter 25)
http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/property/property-law-keyed-to-cribbet/non-traditional-objects-and-classifications-of-property/moore-v-regents -
Deborah and Rebecca meet for the first time
10 months after their first conversation, Deborah calls Rebecca to tell her that she will talk with her. She says to first, get her mother's name correct and second, to say Henrietta had 5 children, not 4. She also wants to find out about her mother and her sister. (Chapter 29) -
Deborah and Zakariyya finally see Henrietta's cells
Christoph Lengauer meets Deborah and Zakariyya at Johns Hopkins in front of the Jesus statue. He gives them a tour, some background information and a vial of Henrietta's cells. (Chapter 32) -
Havasupai Tribe of the Havsupai Reservation v. Arizona Board of Regents and Therese Ann Markow
the Havasupai Tribe filed a lawsuit against Arizona Board of Regents and ASU researchers for misuse of their DNA samples The lawsuit articulated concerns about lack of informed consent, violation of civil rights through mishandling of blood samples, unapproved use of data, and violation of medical confidentiality.
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Deborah dies
Deborah died in her sleep the day after mothers day. She had had a heart attack but Sonny found her smiling,
