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Did the doctors Cells taken from Henrietta Lacks have been used for experiments leading to?
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What is the impact of how Henrietta has been identified?
They didn't know her name but they knew of her cells as if all that is important is her cells not get name
What does Millie Hughes-Fulford do?
Millie Hughes-Fulford is a molecular biologist and medical researcher, and former US astronaut. She flew aboard space shuttle Columbia on a 9-day Spacelab mission, STS-40, in June 1991. She has since designed experiments on bone cells and T-cells in microgravity that flew aboard later shuttle flights and on the International Space Station. She has also served as a Professor of Medicine at the University of California (San Francisco), and has authored numerous papers on cell chemistry.
What did Rudolf virchow realized that all cells?
all cells result from the division of previously existing cells
what is a gemet?
Sex cells, or a reproductive cells that have half the normal amount of chromosomes. These cells are produced in your sex organ (ovary or the testis) and are not identical to the other cells.
What are non examples of cells?
non example of cells are ash and mini things just look it up
Did doctors ask Henrietta Lacks and permission to take her cells and was she paid for them?
Granted her permission and was paid.
How did the doctors talk David lacks into allowing them to take cell samples from Henrietta?
Although the doctors had already taken cells, when Henrietta died, they did ask for permission. Mr. Lacks initially wanted to refuse, but the doctors said that studies of Henrietta's cells could possibly benefit family members in the future. Then Mr. Lacks agreed and gave permission.
How did doctors harvest and culture cells from Henrietta Lacks?
Cells were taken while she was being treated for cancer many years ago, and these cells have been cultured in the lab ever since.
When cells were first taken from Henrietta Lacks she was?
suffering from cervical cancer
HeLa cells were cancer cells first taken from a cancer patient by the name of whom?
Henrietta Lacks
What is the impact of how Henrietta has been identified?
They didn't know her name but they knew of her cells as if all that is important is her cells not get name
How old are henrietta lacks' cells now as of 2018?
67 years old
Why henrietta lacks cells are so important?
without the cells they wouldn't have the via vaccine for many different medical issues
Did controlled experiments or multiple observations lead to the generalization that all organisms are composed of cells?
controlled experiments!
What are HeLa cells and how did they get their name?
HeLa cells are human cervical cancer cells (the cervix is found at the top of the vagina). HeLa cells come from a sample taken from a woman called Henrietta Lacks and were named using the two initials of her first (He) and last (La) names.
What do scientists and doctors get from stem cell research?
stem cell are cells that are not specialized to do a job so cell could be taken from stem cells and the doctors could replace a patients abnoraml cell with health cells. also by researching more on stem cells, the doctors may be able to treat diseases such as heart attacks etc
Why are red blood cells good test subjects for osmosis experiments?
they have a semipermeable membrane
