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Timeline of Henrietta Lacks' Life

Henrietta Lacks, born in 1920, died of cervical cancer in October 1951, after which her cells, known as HeLa cells, were used in significant medical research, including the development of the polio vaccine and studies on various diseases. Over the years, HeLa cells contributed to breakthroughs in understanding HPV and HIV, and Henrietta was publicly identified as the source of these cells in 1971. The cultural impact of her story culminated in the release of 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' in 2010 and a TV movie in 2017.

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Timeline of Henrietta Lacks' Life

Henrietta Lacks, born in 1920, died of cervical cancer in October 1951, after which her cells, known as HeLa cells, were used in significant medical research, including the development of the polio vaccine and studies on various diseases. Over the years, HeLa cells contributed to breakthroughs in understanding HPV and HIV, and Henrietta was publicly identified as the source of these cells in 1971. The cultural impact of her story culminated in the release of 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' in 2010 and a TV movie in 2017.

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Cell Biology – Module 1

Resource B - Worksheet
Use the following to create a timeline of events during and after Henrietta’s life.

2017 – TV Movie screened on HBO

Oct 1951 – Henrietta died of cervical


1920 – Born Loretta Pleasant in Virginia, USA cancer, John Hopkins University Hospital

1973 – HeLa cells used to study salmonella

1986 – HeLa cells used to study HIV

1952 – HeLa cells used


to make polio vaccine

1942 – Married David ‘Day’ Lacks

1984 -HeLa cells used


to prove HPV causes
cancer.
1971 – Henrietta publicly identified
as the source of HeLa cells

Jan 1951 – Biopsy taken and


1993 – HeLa cells used to
cells sent to George Gey
study tuberculosis

2010 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta


Lacks by Rebecca Skloot released

1953 – HeLa cells cloned successfully 1952 – Tuskegee Institute


opens 1st HeLa cell factory

2013 – Lacks family give


approval to genomic data

Feb 1951 – HeLa cell line created

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