Immortal life of Henrettia Lacks

in hela •  8 years ago 

As a medical doctor i have been used to the Term HELA . Its a human cell line discovered in the 20 century which could replicate byitself outside the body on a labdish. this allowed lot of tests to be conducted and revolutionarised science as we know it.
what i never knew was the story of the person who had these cells . And what happened to her family .
This movie is a groundbreaking story, be ready to see things soo differently
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5686132/

Narrated by Henrettia Lacks daughter we get to know that for them their mother is alive and she is now spread across the world.
From my narrow scientific viewpoint i cant grasp it but from a human viewpoint i see what the children of Henrettia lacks felt .
It also says lot about ethics of doctors at john hopkins , who made millions out of her cells and didnt give any money to Lacks family .

it saddens my heart
Dr Sunny Sandhu

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