HeLa: The Immortal Woman

What was the reason for Henrietta's visit to Johns Hopkins Hospital?

• pain in her stomach

• pain in her abdomen

• pain in her cervix

• pain in her heart

What was the initial findings of that visit?

• she had bad seafood

• she had a brain tumor

• she had abnormal blood pressure

• she had an abnormal lump, possible tumor

What was the standard treatment given to Henrietta?

• they sewed up her cervix

• they sewed packets of radium to the tumor

• the sewed up the tumors

• the sewed up her brain tumor

In 1951, what did the doctors do without Henrietta's permission/knowledge?

• used her tissue/cells without telling her

• forged her name on paperwork

• took her to a laboratory when she was under sedation

• pretended to care

For what reason did the doctors take her cells? They hoped that...

• she wouldn't find out

• the cells would live outside her body to use for medical research

• they could publish a medical journal

• she could be a guinea pig for the lab

Henrietta's cells have since allowed for _______________ (# of) studies.

• 15,000

• 25,000

• 50,000

• 75,000

After her death, how was it that Henrietta became 'immortal'?

• they wrote stories about her

• they create a movie about her

• the cells survived and reproduced in test tubes

• her children continued in her legacy

In 1952, her cells survived the 'mail' and were shipped worldwide allowing researchers to...

• run experiments on human cells that are not allowed on people

• continue to reproduce the cells

• continue to watch the reproduction of the cancer

• run experiments on sheep

The HeLa cells were the first to be successfully...

• paired

• cloned

• used

• stolen

Many scientists have won prizes for successful research using HeLa cells. This prize is called...

• Pulitzer

• Nobel

• Caldecott

• Honor Roll