The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: Quiz

Below is a link to a short video that summarizes The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. In this video, the author, Rebecca Skloot, and the Lacks family are being interviewed about the woman behind the famous HeLa cells. The quiz this week comes from the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0AkJXI2Yxk

Quiz Questions:

1. Where is Henrietta Lacks' unmark grave located?
2. What age did Henrietta Lacks die and what did she die from?
3. What hospital did Henrietta receive her treatments?
4. Who was in charge of the cell culture at Johns Hopkins and was the first to culture the famous HeLa cells?
5. Name some of the many scientific and medical contributions that HeLa cells have been apart of.
6. How many years was the Lacks family in the dark about their mother's immortal cells?
7. Who does the family consider "the devil" in this entire situation, even though they claim they made absolutely no profit in the production of HeLa cell line.
8. Although Henrietta Lacks' cells have changed the face of scientific and medical research, her family still cannot afford ___________________.
9. What does the Lacks family think Johns Hopkins should do to honor Henrietta and her contribution to science?
10. After all that the family has been through involving these immortal cells, what does her son, Sonny, say that makes him feel good about his mother?

Discussion Questions:
1. If you were the family in this situation, would you fight for compensation and how would you do it? If not, would you seek recognition of your loved ones contribution to science?
2. George Gey misled the media when he did not correct an article about the lady behind HeLa cells was named Helen Lane or Henrietta Lakes. Gey defended his actions saying he wanted to protect Henrietta Lacks as a patient, however do you think Gey's true intentions were to keep the success of the HeLa cells from the family?
3. Many doctors of this era often used patients from the public ward for research. Since the patients from the public ward were treated for free, does this give doctors the right to perform research without consent or their knowledge as a form of payment?
4. Due to Henrietta Lacks treatment, she was left infertile. However, it was not until her treatment had started and therefore too late that she was told this information. If she had known this before her treatment, Henrietta may have chosen to not to continue the radium and radiation. Should a patient be able to deny treatment, if it means they are risking their life?
5. Johns Hopkins officials have worked with the Lacks family to develop a series of programs to recognize and honor Henrietta Lacks, including scholarships, annual symposia and an historical exhibit on the Johns Hopkins medical campus. However, do you think this is enough to correct the wrong that was done to Henrietta Lacks? The family does not. Here is a link of an article posted last week to the Baltimore Sun of Henrietta's oldest son, Lawrence, seeking more compensation.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-henrietta-lacks-johns-hopkins-20170213-story.html