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"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebbeca Skloot
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Alexis Carrel grows immortal chicken heart cells.
Carrel, a French scientist, grows immortal chicken cells. It was later discovered that he probably faked this. -
Henrietta Lacks is born
in Roanoke, Virginia -
Henrietta and Day get married
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Henrietta's First Doctor's Appointment
Henrietta first goes to the doctor regarding her cervical cancer. -
Henrietta finds out her cancer is malignant
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Gey appears on WAAM Television to talk about HeLa cells
He explains HeLa cells may help scientsis find a cure for cancer. -
Henrietta Lacks dies
Henrietta Lacks dies from uremic poisoning since her kidneys can no longer function properly. She was buried in an unmarked grave in Lacks Town with her family. -
"Helen Lane" article is published in the Minneapolis Star
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Alfred Jr. is born
Deborah Lacks had her first child with Cheetah -
Dr. Gey goes into surgery for his pancreatic cancer.
He requests that the surgeons take out samples of his cancer much like they did ffor Henrietta Lacks but they do not in fear that this would kill him. -
Joe Lacks murders Ivy
He served 15 years in prision where he converted to Islam and changed is name to Zakariyya Bari Abdul Rahman -
Dr. Gey dies
Dr. Gey dies 3 months after his diagnosis. -
Doctors find out that Henrietta's cancer was misdiagnosed
Although it wouldn't have changed the treatment she recieved it helped explain the reason it spread so fast. -
Nixon signs the National Cancer Act of 1971
This designated $1.5 billion to cnacer research over the next three years -
Scientists decide to set the Henrietta Lacks record straight
in a published letter in a journal called Nature -
Mike Rogers' Rolling Stones article hit the newsstands
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Rebecca, Deborah, and Zakariyya meet Dr. Christoph Lengauer
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National Foundation for Cancer Research meeting with Deborah as a guest speaker
