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"These HeLa cells were stained with special dyes that highlight specific parts of each cell. The DNA in the nucleus is yellow, the actin filaments are light blue and the mitochondria—the cell's power generators—are pink."
HELA cells dividing
Archival Footage
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Archival Footage of early HELA cells.
Across the curriculum
| Curriculum | Tie-Ins |
| Biology | cell reproduction; tissue harvesting |
| Math | number of cells sold, reproduced, and remaining in storage |
| Business | business of tissue harvesting and economic impact; Intellectual Property Laws |
| Psychology | impact on the Lacks family and decendants |
| English/Journalism | storytelling, fact checking, linguistics |
| Engineering | Analysis of machines George Gey invented to grow cells; Current Tissue Culture Technology; Regenerative medicine |
| History | treatment classes and races in 1950s & 1960s; Impact science research of HBCUs in 1950s and 1960s; Nuremberg Code; Tuskegee Syphillis Study; Nuremberg Trials |
| Social Work | treatment of oldest child of Henrietta Lacks and children after her death |
| Human Subjects |
Standards for Ethical Research; Johns Hopkins Hospital staff |
| English |
Graphic Novel: Truth: Red, White & Black; braided structure of the book |
Subject Search Strategies
Subject strategies to build upon for interdisciplinary thematic searches of library databases:
African Americans - United States
Ethics, Medical - United States
Human Experimentation - history - United States
Informed Consent
Cancer - pathology - United States
Human experimentation in medicine - history
Medical ethics - history