Ch17
1-Chester Southam tested for negative effects of HeLa cells on cancer patients
2-The test subjects quickly grew nodules
3-Southam got 150 volunteers from Ohio prison
4-Prisoners had increased immunity to cancer
5-Southam began to inject gynecology patients
6-Because of Southam's fault of not giving the subjects informed consent, his staff refused to help inject subjects.
Ch 18
7-HeLa cells went up with the second satellite ever in orbit by the Russian space program in 1960.
8-Lewis Coriell published an article saying HeLa cells contaminates other cells and makes them act identically to HeLa.
9-In 1960, French scientists discovered somatic cell fusion.
10-In 1965, two British scientists Harris and Watkins fused HeLa cells with mouse cells
11-PR for cell culture made worsened after people thought the HeLa-mouse fusion would form a "mouse-man."
Ch19
12-Deborah Lacks for pregnant with Alfred "Cheetah" Carter's baby
13-Joe killed Ivy and turned himself into prison. He served 15 years.
14-Deborah and Cheetah married. He became abusive, committed adultery, and was irresponsible.
15-Deborah took the children and left Alfred.
Ch 20
16-In September 1966, Stanley Gartler vied that scientists were simply growing and regrowing HeLa when they thought they were creating human tissues.
17-T.C Hsu from University of Texas reports suspicions of cell-line contamination.
18-Robert Chang from Harvard University refuted Gartler's claim by explaining that he grew cells from his daughters amniotic sac, and neither he nor his wife have the generic marker G6PD-A.
19-The debate over the HeLa bomb begins.
20-Scientists develop genetic tests and were led to Henrietta's family.
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