Not her genes, her cells, but yes, that's the woman.
Comet Sedai Send a noteboard - 04/02/2011 01:47:21 AM
Read a newspaper article about it, it was quite interesting alright.
The cells are referred to as HeLa cells, for Henrietta Lacks. They've been used for everything from the polio vaccine to the effects super gravity on cell structure (to see what might happen to astronauts).
The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo.
Holy carp! 'Tis February. What are you reading this month?
02/02/2011 06:57:03 PM
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My plans:
02/02/2011 07:01:53 PM
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Re: My plans:
02/02/2011 07:45:26 PM
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I recently finished what books I had by russian author Nick Perumov
02/02/2011 08:01:49 PM
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I think that after 15 years, it's time to read Lord of the Rings a second time.
02/02/2011 10:57:23 PM
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
03/02/2011 01:00:18 AM
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That's that woman whose genes they based ridiculous amounts of research on?
03/02/2011 06:09:24 PM
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Not her genes, her cells, but yes, that's the woman.
04/02/2011 01:47:21 AM
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Les Misérables. After that, I think I'll start Traumnovelle.
03/02/2011 05:22:35 AM
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Oh, man. Let me know how that works out, I've been wanting to read Schnitzler for a long time. *NM*
05/02/2011 11:42:08 AM
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Lots of Mark Twain stories for this month
03/02/2011 08:44:23 AM
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I read Suetonius just a few weeks ago, so I'd be interested to hear your take on him.
03/02/2011 06:11:08 PM
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Genre/Classics month
03/02/2011 01:19:03 PM
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Also, Oedipus Rex by Sophocles for performance related reasons
15/02/2011 10:27:45 PM
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Also also, JG Ballard - The Drowned World, Italo Calvino - The Complete Cosmicomics
16/02/2011 05:39:56 PM
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Right now I am reading "Toll the Hounds" (Erickson) but I bought a couple of promising books at the
13/02/2011 01:01:26 AM
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