Lessons Learned: Recent Episodes
Kandy Noles Stevens
In this episode, we are introduced to Deborah (Henrietta Lack's daughter) and how knowing about the cells created more questions than answers about her mother.
In this episode, we learn about Henrietta lacks and how the author came to learn of her existence. We also read about the author's relationship to the Lacks family and are introduced to the struggles the family faced when first learning about HeLa cells.
In this podcast, we read the introduction A Few Words About this Book which introduces readers to the way the author structured the book and how the book's content came to be.
This episode explores when scientists first discovered how easily HeLa contamination could happen and its implications for scientific research.
This episode covers many of the advances made by cell culturists and the uneasy feelings among the general public.
In this chapter, we learn of the horrific history which led to the evolution of informed consent in medical research.
We learn more history of Lacks Town as well as that of the Lacks and Pleasant families.
In this episode, we learn of the first efforts, intentional and unintentional, to keep Henrietta's name hidden from its association with the HeLa cells.
This episode marks the beginning of Part 2 - Death of the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. In this episode we read about Henrietta's burial and the interesting weather which coincided with it.
In this episode, the author makes her way to Clover and eventually to Lacks Town to learn more about where Henrietta grew up.
In this episode, the author finds her way to Turner Station to learn more about Henrietta's life and with hopes to speak to her family.
We learn of Henrietta's last days of life and her potential meeting with the creator of the immortal HeLa cells.
In this episode, we learn about the first publicized reports of cell tissue culture. The concept of eugenics is introduced in this chapter.
In this episode, the author Rebecca Skloot tells the tale of first meeting Henrietta's youngest daughter, Deborah.
In this episode, Henrietta reveals to her family the cancer treatments she has be undergoing.
In this episode, we continue with the story of Henrietta Lacks and what becomes the origin of the famous HeLa cells.
There was a computer malfunction in the previous episode. We re-read a couple of paragraphs to finish Chapter 1 and continue with Chapter 2 of the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.