UC 154 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Henrietta Lacks, Polio Vaccine, Hela
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Hela cells have been studied in the laboratory for decades. The vast majority of scientists using these cells, however, were unaware until relatively recently of the details of their history. Please read the assigned sections of the report on ethical and policy issues in research. Involving human participants first, which will give you background on current policies governing research on human subjects. Then, listen to the radiolab segment and read the excerpt from. Finally, i encourage you to learn more about henrietta. Henrietta got her cancer from hpv (which is a virus) Henrietta lacks had cervical cancer and took samples from her tumor. It was vital to the development of polio vaccine as well as drugs for treating herpes, leukemia, influenza, hemophilia, and parkinson"s. It also helped uncover the secrets of cancer and the effects of the atom bomb, and led to important advances like cloning, in vitro fertilization and gene mapping.
