• 2010-04-03T17:01:32-04:00 https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvOTI1XC8yOTI2ODUtMDctbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ== From the 2010 Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Virginia, Rebecca Skloot discussed her book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks . (c-span.org)
  • From the 2010 Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Virginia, Rebecca Skloot discussed her book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks . (c-span.org)
  • Henrietta Lacks was born Loretta Pleasant on August 1, 1920, [1] [8] in Roanoke, Virginia , to Eliza Pleasant (née Lacks) (1886-1924) and John "Johnny" Randall Pleasant (1881-1969). (wikipedia.org)
  • In the novel The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks , a black cervical cancer victim is used to make a cell line that will be used in scientific experimentation. (ipl.org)
  • In the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, the author demonstrates the harsh realities that many African Americans faced in the medical and scientific field during the mid 20th century. (ipl.org)
  • In 1951, a young mother of five named Henrietta Lacks visited The Johns Hopkins Hospital complaining of vaginal bleeding. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Johns Hopkins applauds and regularly participates in efforts to raise awareness of the life and story of Henrietta Lacks. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Having reviewed our interactions with Henrietta Lacks and with the Lacks family over more than 50 years, we found that Johns Hopkins could have - and should have - done more to inform and work with members of Henrietta Lacks' family out of respect for them, their privacy and their personal interests. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Though the collection and use of Henrietta Lacks' cells in research was an acceptable and legal practice in the 1950s, the laws protecting research subjects have evolved. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • We are deeply committed to the ongoing efforts at our institutions and elsewhere to honor the contributions of Henrietta Lacks and to ensure the appropriate protection and care of the Lacks family's medical information. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • A new multidisciplinary building on the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore campus in honor of Henrietta Lacks, who was the source of the HeLa cell line that has been critical to numerous advances in medicine. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Alexander Kustov, Michelangelo Landgrave, Sept. 6, 2023 'The US public significantly lacks knowledge about immigration. (lexisnexis.com)
  • Lacks was the unwitting source of these cells from a tumor biopsied during treatment for cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland , in 1951. (wikipedia.org)
  • As medical records show, Mrs. Lacks began undergoing radium treatments for her cervical cancer. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • He also pointed to a lack of consensus over Sweden's and Finland's historic bid to join NATO, which has been called into question by Turkey. (rte.ie)
  • Although Mrs. Lacks ultimately passed away on October 4, 1951, at the age of 31, her cells continue to impact the world. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Dolphins also appear to lack functional genes for bitter receptors. (nih.gov)
  • This study has characterized the phenotypes of two genes, longitudinals lacking (lola) and ribbon (rib) , that are required for the coalescence and compaction of the embryonic gonad in Drosophila melanogaster. (sdbonline.org)
  • Longitudinals lacking (lola) is one of the most complex genes in Drosophila melanogaster, encoding up to 20 protein isoforms that include key transcription factors involved in axonal pathfinding and neural reprogramming. (sdbonline.org)
  • Senator Elizabeth Warren talks with Rachel Maddow about why coronavirus contact tracing has to be coordinated on a national level and the terrible price Americans are paying for the lack of leadership by the Trump administration. (msnbc.com)
  • Healthy cells reduce their growth when there is a lack of oxygen (hypoxia). (sciencedaily.com)
  • They control the stability of the hypoxia-induced transcription factors (HIFs) which govern the adaptation of cells to a lack of oxygen. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In healthy cells, PHD3 responds to stressors such as a lack of oxygen by stimulating the uptake of EGF receptors into the cell interior. (sciencedaily.com)
  • What Dr. Gey would soon discover was that Mrs. Lacks' cells were unlike any of the others he had ever seen: where other cells would die, Mrs. Lacks' cells doubled every 20 to 24 hours. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
  • Because they lacked PDE11A, the patients' adrenal cells had higher levels of cyclic nucleotides. (nih.gov)
  • Mechanistic studies show that the transcription factor longitudinal lacking ( lola ) genetically interacts with for . (sdbonline.org)
  • Even though some information about the origins of HeLa's immortalized cell lines was known to researchers after 1970, the Lacks family was not made aware of the line's existence until 1975. (wikipedia.org)
  • Like most members of her family living in Clover, Lacks worked as a tobacco farmer starting from an early age. (wikipedia.org)
  • The author shows the unjust practices of this time period through interviews with the Lacks family and medical professionals. (ipl.org)
  • The study - the first of its kind to compare meals to snacks - shows that despite efforts to improve the diets of children in child care settings, meals - and particularly snacks - still lack nutritional quality. (prnewswire.com)
  • This study doesn't prove that a lack of sleep increases the risk of dementia. (nih.gov)
  • The lack of a flush toilet in the dwelling fact sheet provides available data on the unequal distribution of hygiene amenities within countries in the Region, updating earlier assessments. (who.int)
  • The report includes new trends and insights that identify a lack of mental health and well-being support as a key contributor to talent attraction and retention challenges, as well as barriers to improvement. (yahoo.com)
  • He also highlights the fact that the strategy lacks a detailed description of the research and environmental monitoring that will be, or already is, conducted in the Arctic. (umu.se)
  • But Pique's remarks this week are a reminder of what the club still lack. (asiaone.com)
  • [1] When Lacks was four years old in 1924, her mother died giving birth to her tenth child. (wikipedia.org)
  • [11] In 1935, when Lacks was 14 years old, she gave birth to a son, Lawrence Lacks. (wikipedia.org)
  • With the savings gifted to him by Garrett, Day Lacks was able to purchase a house at 713 New Pittsburgh Avenue in Turner Station. (wikipedia.org)
  • TV Everywhere services -- which were supposed to be the coordinated response of pay TV operators like Comcast, Time Warner Cable and DirecTV to threatening over-the-top TV/video services like Netflix and Hulu -- are suffering from a lack of visibility, according to Parks Associates' Brett Sappington . (parksassociates.com)
  • From the article, 'TV Everywhere Services Lack Awareness' by Ross Fadner. (parksassociates.com)
  • PHNOM PENH: A lack of trust and political will is stifling Myanmar's peace process and Asean will continue to shun its ruling generals, unless they engage opponents and make concrete progress, the group's special envoy said on Saturday. (bangkokpost.com)
  • With Rooney suspended for three games, United's lack of shepherds to guide their spring lambs will be all the more glaring. (asiaone.com)
  • The issues within our education system do not come from the lack of money, they come from the lack of leadership. (discovery.org)
  • There is a lack of education and training opportunities. (bmz.de)