Henrietta Lacks: The Immortal Woman

In 1951, doctors took a tissue sample from a poor, dying black woman that was given to researchers without her knowledge or permission. The HeLa cells, named for the patient’s first and last name, acted differently than other cells in the lab — they were hardier, and replicated at an amazing rate. →Subscribe for new videos every Monday and Thursday! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Vote for the Biography you want us to next. Click here to vote: http://biographics.org/you-choose-the-biography/ Visit our companion website for more: http://biographics.org Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Crystal Sullivan Producer - Jack Cole Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to biographics.email@gmail.com Biographies by the book, get Henrietta Lacks biography from Amazon: http://amzn.to/2EGhApd Other Biographics Videos: Jane Goodall: Living with Chimpanzees https://youtu.be/JqWms8Rl6u4?list=PLy3kHTZWA8OjhReWy8qPHMXDtTr-Ezp84 Andre the Giant: The Gentle Giant https://youtu.be/_zjwSX-dKpg?list=PLy3kHTZWA8OhZv9fOGc9HtFysvPbxaFKY